Is DATELESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DATELESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 9 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DATELESS mean?
- adjective
having no known beginning and presumably no end
“the dateless rise and fall of the tides”
- adjective
of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date
“dateless customs”
- adjective
not bearing a date
“a dateless letter”
- adjective
unaffected by time
“few characters are so dateless as Hamlet”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 8
D (2) + A (1) + T (1) + E (1) + L (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 9 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for DATELESS
DATELESS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of DATELESS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from DATELESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- detassel9
- tasseled9
- delates8
- desalts8
- eldests8
- sedates8
- teasels7
- delate7
- deltas7
- desalt7
- elated7
- eldest7
- lasted7
- leased7
- salted7
- sealed7
- seated7
- sedate7
- slated7
- stades7
- staled7
- steads7
- steeds7
- teased7
- tsades7
- easels6
- elates6
- leases6
- leasts6
- slates6
- sleets6
- stales6
- steals6
- steels6
- stelae6
- steles6
- tassel6
- teasel6
- teases6
- teslas6
- aedes6
- dales6
- dates6
- deals6
- dealt6
- deets6
- deles6
- delta6
- delts6
- eased6
- lades6
- lased6
- lated6
- leads6
- ledes6
- sades6
- sated6
- seeds6
- sleds6
- stade6
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