9 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
adjective lacking teeth
adjective lacking necessary force for effectiveness
originFrom Middle English tothles, from Old English tōþlēas, from Proto-Germanic *tanþlausaz (“toothless”), equivalent to tooth + -less. Cognate with Dutch tandeloos (“toothless”), German Low German tannlos (“toothless”), German zahnlos (“toothless”), Danish tandløs (“toothless”), Swedish tandlös (“toothless”), Icelandic tannlaus (“toothless”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0