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helplessness


helplessness - noun

  • powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
  • the state of needing help from something
  • a feeling of being unable to manage

    • helplessness - thesaurus

    impuissance   weakness  


    View spelling list Examples of suffixes and learn about the word helplessness in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 9. Suffixes: why we need to double letters, change them, or drop 'e'.

    Scrabble score for helplessness

    h is 4 e is 1 l is 1 p is 3 l is 1 e is 1 s is 1 s is 1 n is 1 e is 1 s is 1 s is 1
    Scrabble score = 17

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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