Is CHECKERBOARDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHECKERBOARDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 27 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHECKERBOARDS mean?
Checkerboards is a form of CHECKERBOARD.
- noun
a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
27
Scrabble
29
Words With Friends
13
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + E (1) + C (3) + K (5) + E (1) + R (1) + B (3) + O (1) + A (1) + R (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 27 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 CHECKERBOARDS
CHECKERBOARDS 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 CHECKERBOARDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- checkerboard26
- bescorched20
- backshore20
- horseback20
- backhoed20
- cokeheads19
- backhoes19
- checkers19
- rechecks19
- checked19
- chocked19
- caboched18
- cokehead18
- backhoe18
- checker18
- recheck18
- berdaches17
- bedrocks17
- bescorch17
- cockades17
- cockered17
- hoecakes17
- recocked17
- charked17
- shacked17
- shocked17
- checks17
- chocks17
- breachers16
- broachers16
- carroches16
- debarkers16
- berdache16
- breached16
- broached16
- caboshed16
- crackers16
- kashered16
- koshered16
- scorched16
- bedecks16
- bedrock16
- bedsock16
- chebecs16
- chokers16
- cockade16
- cracked16
- crocked16
- hackees16
- hackers16
- hockers16
- hoecake16
- rheboks16
- shocker16
- choked16
- hacked16
- hocked16
- check16
- chock16
- hardcores15
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