Is ALIVENESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ALIVENESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ALIVENESS mean?
- noun
the condition of living or the state of being alive
“while there's life there's hope”
- noun
the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
9
Letters
A (1) + L (1) + I (1) + V (4) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 12 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for ALIVENESS
ALIVENESS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of ALIVENESS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from ALIVENESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- vaselines12
- enslaves11
- evilness11
- liveness11
- vaseline11
- veinless11
- vileness11
- alevins10
- avenses10
- enslave10
- leavens10
- savines10
- silvans10
- sleaves10
- slieves10
- snivels10
- valines10
- valises10
- vinasse10
- alevin9
- alvine9
- anvils9
- envies9
- leaven9
- leaves9
- levies9
- levins9
- livens9
- naives9
- navels9
- navies9
- nieves9
- salves9
- savine9
- savins9
- selvas9
- selves9
- sevens9
- sieves9
- silvae9
- silvan9
- silvas9
- slaves9
- sleave9
- slieve9
- snivel9
- valine9
- valise9
- valses9
- veenas9
- veinal9
- venial9
- vessel9
- vinals9
- vineal9
- alive8
- anvil8
- avens8
- eaves8
- elven8
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