Is BREATHLESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BREATHLESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BREATHLESS mean?
- adjective
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
“breathless at thought of what I had done”
- adjective
tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
“a breathless flight”
- adjective
appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
“an inanimate body”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
10
Letters
B (3) + R (1) + E (1) + A (1) + T (1) + H (4) + L (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 15 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 BREATHLESS
BREATHLESS 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 BREATHLESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- bathless13
- blathers13
- blethers13
- brashest13
- breathes13
- halberts13
- herbless13
- sherbets13
- heartless12
- bashers12
- bathers12
- behests12
- berthas12
- bethels12
- blahest12
- blather12
- blether12
- brashes12
- breathe12
- breaths12
- halbert12
- herbals12
- sherbet12
- arbelests11
- restables11
- halteres11
- harslets11
- heatless11
- leathers11
- shelters11
- slathers11
- basher11
- bashes11
- bather11
- bathes11
- behest11
- bertha11
- berths11
- bethel11
- blaher11
- breath11
- herbal11
- rehabs11
- thebes11
- arbelest10
- beatless10
- blasters10
- blearest10
- bleaters10
- restable10
- retables10
- stablers10
- aethers10
- ashlers10
- haltere10
- halters10
- harslet10
- haslets10
- hatless10
- healers10
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