Is ANCESTRESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ANCESTRESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ANCESTRESSES mean?
Ancestresses is a form of ANCESTRESS.
- noun
a woman ancestor
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
12
Letters
A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + E (1) + S (1) + T (1) + R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 14 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 ANCESTRESSES
ANCESTRESSES 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.
Words you can make from ANCESTRESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- ancestress12
- cateresses12
- cerasteses12
- scenesters12
- actresses11
- ancresses11
- crassness11
- erectness11
- reascents11
- sarcenets11
- scenester11
- sesterces11
- caresses10
- casernes10
- cassenes10
- cateress10
- centares10
- centeses10
- cerastes10
- crassest10
- cressets10
- essences10
- reascent10
- recesses10
- reenacts10
- sarcenet10
- secretes10
- senesces10
- sesterce10
- assenters9
- esterases9
- sarsenets9
- terseness9
- actress9
- ancress9
- ascents9
- asceses9
- canters9
- careens9
- carnets9
- caserne9
- caserns9
- cassene9
- casters9
- censers9
- centare9
- centers9
- centres9
- cerates9
- cetanes9
- creases9
- creates9
- creeses9
- crenate9
- cresses9
- cresset9
- ecartes9
- ectases9
- encases9
- essence9
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