Is CONTRITENESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CONTRITENESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CONTRITENESSES mean?
Contritenesses is a form of CONTRITENESS.
- noun
sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
14
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + N (1) + T (1) + R (1) + I (1) + T (1) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 16 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 CONTRITENESSES
CONTRITENESSES 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 CONTRITENESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- contriteness14
- corninesses13
- sincereness13
- rottennesses12
- consenters12
- consistent12
- contesters12
- cornetists12
- entrecotes12
- intersects12
- necrotises12
- nicenesses12
- nonsecrets12
- recensions12
- recentness12
- recessions12
- renitences12
- resections12
- scenesters12
- secretions12
- sentencers12
- sentiences12
- strictness12
- inertnesses11
- tritenesses11
- centrists11
- consenter11
- contester11
- cornetist11
- corniness11
- cretonnes11
- crossties11
- enceintes11
- entrecote11
- erections11
- erectness11
- incenters11
- incrosses11
- intersect11
- necrotise11
- neoterics11
- nescients11
- noncrises11
- nonsecret11
- recension11
- recentest11
- recession11
- renitence11
- resection11
- sceneries11
- scenester11
- secession11
- secretest11
- secretins11
- secretion11
- seicentos11
- senescent11
- sentencer11
- sentences11
- sentience11
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