What does HOPELESS mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈhoʊpləs/
Letters
8
Scrabble score
13
Words With Friends score
14
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

adjective

  1. without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success“in an agony of hopeless grief”
  2. of a person unable to do something skillfully“I'm hopeless at mathematics”
  3. certain to fail“the situation is hopeless”
  4. (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform“she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Anagrams of HOPELESS

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside HOPELESS

125 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

helps10holes8hopes10sheep10 shoes8 shops10sleep7 else4help9 hole7 hope9 less4 lose4 loss4 pole6 sees4shoe7 shop9 sole4 hop8 lee3 see3 she6eh5el2 he5 ho5oh5op4so2

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Questions

Is HOPELESS a valid word in word games?

HOPELESS is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is HOPELESS worth?

HOPELESS is worth 13 points with Scrabble letter values and 14 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from HOPELESS?

125 other words, including HE, SO, SHE and SEE.