Definition of EYELESS

eyeless

Adjective

  • Lacking eyes; blind.
  • lacking eyes or eyelike features
    • "eyeless fish that evolved in dark caves"
    • "an eyeless needle"

Adjective Satellite

  • lacking sight
    • "blind as an eyeless beggar"

Adj

  • Having no eyes (organs of sight).
  • Having no sight; blind.
  • Having no eye: having no hole.

Examples

  • An eyeless player would struggle to find words on the Scrabble board.
  • eyeless needle
  • Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye + -less. Compare West Frisian eachleas (“eyeless”), Dutch oogloos (“eyeless”), German augenlos (“eyeless”), Swedish ögalös (“eyeless”), Icelandic augnalaus (“eyeless”).

Antonyms

eyed

Scrabble Score: 10

eyeless: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
eyeless: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eyeless: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

eyeless: valid Words With Friends Word