Is MOTIVELESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, MOTIVELESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does MOTIVELESS mean?
- adjective
occurring without motivation or provocation
“motiveless malignity”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
10
Letters
M (3) + O (1) + T (1) + I (1) + V (4) + E (1) + L (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 15 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 MOTIVELESS
MOTIVELESS 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.
Words you can make from MOTIVELESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- moveless13
- emotive12
- motives12
- voteless11
- motive11
- movies11
- vomits11
- timeless10
- evilest10
- lievest10
- loviest10
- slieves10
- soviets10
- velites10
- violets10
- vitesse10
- moves10
- movie10
- vomit10
- elmiest9
- lissome9
- meioses9
- mesteso9
- metisse9
- mitoses9
- molests9
- motiles9
- omelets9
- somites9
- telomes9
- evites9
- levies9
- livest9
- olives9
- selves9
- sieves9
- slieve9
- solves9
- soviet9
- stoves9
- svelte9
- vessel9
- vetoes9
- vilest9
- violet9
- voiles9
- voltes9
- move9
- vims9
- elemis8
- emesis8
- emotes8
- lissom8
- metols8
- mioses8
- missel8
- misset8
- molest8
- molies8
- motels8
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