Is PAINSTAKING a word?
PAINSTAKING is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words With Friends, has 11 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PAINSTAKING is a valid word.
What does painstaking mean?
adjective: characterized by extreme care and great effort.
“conscientious application to the work at hand”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PAINSTAKING: word details
- Pronunciation: PAYNS-tay-kihng (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 11 letters, a long word. It is one of 28,045 11-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 18 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 22 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside painstaking
Words you can make from the letters of painstaking.
Solve a whole rack, not just PAINSTAKING
PAINSTAKING is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does PAINSTAKING mean?
PAINSTAKING is a adjective. It means: characterized by extreme care and great effort.
Is PAINSTAKING a valid word?
Yes, PAINSTAKING is a valid word. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.