Is BLEAKS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BLEAKS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BLEAKS mean?
Bleaks is a form of BLEAK.
- adjective
offering little or no hope
“the future looked black”
- adjective
providing no shelter or sustenance
“bare rocky hills”
- adjective
unpleasantly cold and damp
“bleak winds of the North Atlantic”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
6
Letters
B (3) + L (1) + E (1) + A (1) + K (5) + S (1) = 12 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 BLEAKS
BLEAKS 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 BLEAKS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- bakes11
- balks11
- beaks11
- bleak11
- bake10
- balk10
- bask10
- beak10
- kabs10
- kales9
- lakes9
- leaks9
- slake9
- kab9
- elks8
- kaes8
- kale8
- keas8
- lake8
- leak8
- leks8
- sake8
- ables7
- bales7
- beals7
- blase7
- sable7
- ask7
- elk7
- kae7
- kas7
- kea7
- lek7
- ska7
- able6
- albs6
- baes6
- bale6
- bals6
- base6
- beal6
- bels6
- blae6
- labs6
- sabe6
- slab6
- ka6
- abs5
- alb5
- bae5
- bal5
- bas5
- bel5
- bes5
- lab5
- sab5
- ales4
- lase4
- leas4
- sale4
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