Is SLIGHTNESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SLIGHTNESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SLIGHTNESS mean?
- noun
the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
- noun
smallness of stature
- noun
the property of an attractively thin person
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
10
Letters
S (1) + L (1) + I (1) + G (2) + H (4) + T (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 14 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 SLIGHTNESS
SLIGHTNESS 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 SLIGHTNESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- lightness13
- nightless13
- sightless13
- lightens12
- shingles12
- sighless12
- sleights12
- shitless11
- english11
- lengths11
- lighten11
- nighest11
- shingle11
- sleighs11
- sleight11
- slights11
- stingless10
- hitless10
- sithens10
- eights10
- hinges10
- length10
- lights10
- neighs10
- nights10
- sights10
- sleigh10
- slight10
- thegns10
- things10
- glistens9
- singlets9
- sniglets9
- heists9
- hisses9
- shiels9
- shiest9
- shines9
- shists9
- shites9
- theins9
- thesis9
- eight9
- hinge9
- light9
- neigh9
- nighs9
- night9
- sighs9
- sight9
- thegn9
- thing9
- glisses8
- glisten8
- ingests8
- legists8
- signets8
- singles8
- singlet8
- sniglet8
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