Is BUTCHERIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BUTCHERIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BUTCHERIES mean?
Butcheries is a form of BUTCHERY.
- noun
a building where animals are butchered
- noun
the business of a butcher
- noun
the savage and excessive killing of many people
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
B (3) + U (1) + T (1) + C (3) + H (4) + E (1) + R (1) + I (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 BUTCHERIES
BUTCHERIES 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 BUTCHERIES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- britches15
- butchers15
- birches14
- bitches14
- butcher14
- butches14
- cherubs14
- hebetic14
- chestier13
- herbiest13
- heretics13
- breech13
- cherub13
- brucites12
- suberect12
- brutish12
- bushier12
- cithers12
- cushier12
- erethic12
- etchers12
- etheric12
- euchres12
- heretic12
- retches12
- richest12
- sherbet12
- techier12
- techies12
- beech12
- birch12
- bitch12
- butch12
- chubs12
- becrust11
- becurse11
- becurst11
- brucite11
- suberic11
- terebic11
- behest11
- berths11
- births11
- briths11
- busher11
- cheers11
- cherts11
- chirus11
- chutes11
- cither11
- creesh11
- etcher11
- etches11
- ethics11
- euchre11
- hubris11
- itches11
- riches11
- ruches11
- schuit11
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