Is BAWDINESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BAWDINESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BAWDINESSES mean?
Bawdinesses is a form of BAWDINESS.
- noun
the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
11
Letters
B (3) + A (1) + W (4) + D (2) + I (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 17 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 BAWDINESSES
BAWDINESSES 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 BAWDINESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- bawdiness15
- bendwise14
- bawdies13
- badnesses12
- beadiness12
- dewiness12
- wessands12
- wideness12
- newbies12
- bedews12
- dweebs12
- wiseness11
- deewans11
- endwise11
- sinewed11
- wessand11
- newbie11
- bawds11
- bedew11
- dweeb11
- baseness10
- biasness10
- badness10
- bandies10
- basined10
- besides10
- biassed10
- debases10
- newsies10
- seabeds10
- seesaws10
- waeness10
- wiseass10
- deewan10
- dewans10
- diwans10
- dwines10
- snawed10
- swedes10
- wadies10
- weaned10
- widens10
- wissed10
- bawns10
- newbs10
- swabs10
- bawd10
- aniseeds9
- diseases9
- seasides9
- beanies9
- biasses9
- sabines9
- abides9
- beaned9
- beside9
- biased9
- debase9
- newies9
- newses9
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