Is APARTHEIDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, APARTHEIDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does APARTHEIDS mean?
Apartheids is a form of APARTHEID.
- noun
a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
10
Letters
A (1) + P (3) + A (1) + R (1) + T (1) + H (4) + E (1) + I (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 16 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 APARTHEIDS
APARTHEIDS 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 APARTHEIDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- apartheid15
- therapsid15
- pitheads14
- raphides14
- stairhead13
- apathies13
- triphase13
- aphides13
- diphase13
- heptads13
- pardahs13
- phrased13
- pithead13
- raphide13
- saphead13
- sharped13
- spathed13
- aspirated12
- disparate12
- airheads12
- hardiest12
- harpies12
- harpist12
- hipster12
- pariahs12
- raphias12
- sharpie12
- tephras12
- threaps12
- aphids12
- depths12
- harped12
- hasped12
- heptad12
- pardah12
- pashed12
- phased12
- pished12
- pithed12
- shaped12
- adapters11
- hetairas11
- paradise11
- rapidest11
- readapts11
- traipsed11
- airhead11
- airshed11
- airthed11
- dashier11
- dearths11
- dehairs11
- dithers11
- hardest11
- hardies11
- hardset11
- hatreds11
- shadier11
- sharted11
- shirted11
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