8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
adjective expressed without speech; ; ; - Emily Dickinson; ; ; - Thomas Wolfe
originFrom Middle English wordles, equivalent to word + -less. Compare Dutch woordeloos (“speechless, inexpressible in words”), German wortlos (“silent, speechless”), Danish ordløs (“wordless”), Swedish ordlös (“wordless”), Icelandic orðlaus (“wordless, speechless”).
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