Is ANCILLARIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ANCILLARIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ANCILLARIES mean?
Ancillaries is a form of ANCILLARY.
- adjective
furnishing added support
“an ancillary pump”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
11
Letters
A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + I (1) + L (1) + L (1) + A (1) + R (1) + I (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 13 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 ANCILLARIES
ANCILLARIES 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 ANCILLARIES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- alliances11
- arsenical11
- canailles11
- canallers11
- racialise11
- acarines10
- alliance10
- allicins10
- ancillae10
- ancillas10
- canaille10
- canalise10
- canaller10
- canaries10
- canellas10
- carlines10
- cesarian10
- irenical10
- lanciers10
- salicine10
- sarcinae10
- laniaries9
- acarine9
- acrasin9
- allicin9
- ancilla9
- anlaces9
- arcsine9
- arnicas9
- arsenic9
- callans9
- callers9
- canella9
- carinae9
- carinal9
- carinas9
- carline9
- carlins9
- carnies9
- cellars9
- claries9
- cranial9
- eclairs9
- incisal9
- inlaces9
- irenics9
- laicise9
- lancers9
- recalls9
- salicin9
- sanicle9
- sarcina9
- scalare9
- scaleni9
- scalier9
- scleral9
- sericin9
- silicle9
- airlines8
- acinar8
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