Is AVOIDANCES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, AVOIDANCES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does AVOIDANCES mean?
Avoidances is a form of AVOIDANCE.
- noun
deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
A (1) + V (4) + O (1) + I (1) + D (2) + A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + E (1) + 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 AVOIDANCES
AVOIDANCES 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 AVOIDANCES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- avoidance15
- voidances15
- advances14
- canvased14
- voidance14
- advance13
- advices13
- vanadic13
- covines12
- novices12
- advice12
- covids12
- voiced12
- codeinas11
- diocesan11
- invades11
- naevoid11
- navaids11
- canvas11
- cavies11
- covens11
- covine11
- covins11
- novice11
- ovisac11
- vesica11
- vincas11
- voices11
- caved11
- coved11
- covid11
- viced11
- acedias10
- acnodes10
- candies10
- coadies10
- codeias10
- codeina10
- codeins10
- deacons10
- evasion10
- incased10
- scandia10
- secondi10
- advise10
- avoids10
- davens10
- davies10
- devons10
- divans10
- dovens10
- invade10
- navaid10
- nevoid10
- vadose10
- vandas10
- viands10
- videos10
- visaed10
- cavas10
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