sternness
NOUN
9 LETTERS · STARTS WITH S
sternness is a valid 9-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1T1E1R1N1N1E1S1S1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING
What does sternness mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
Uncompromising resolution.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
The quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding.
“the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable”
BROADER
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