Is CONVENTIONAL a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CONVENTIONAL is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CONVENTIONAL mean?
- adjective
following accepted customs and proprieties
“conventional wisdom”
- adjective
conforming with accepted standards
“a conventional view of the world”
- adjective
(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
“conventional warfare”
- adjective
unimaginative and conformist
“conventional bourgeois lives”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
12
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + N (1) + V (4) + E (1) + N (1) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) + A (1) + L (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 CONVENTIONAL
CONVENTIONAL 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 CONVENTIONAL
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- convention15
- connivent14
- evocation14
- nonactive14
- novocaine14
- nonviolent13
- coinvent13
- conative13
- covalent13
- covenant13
- invocate13
- locative13
- nonvocal13
- novocain13
- vocation13
- antinovel12
- nonnative12
- centavo12
- connive12
- convent12
- venatic12
- volcano12
- voltaic12
- connation11
- nonaction11
- noncoital11
- octennial11
- innovate11
- nonnovel11
- nonvital11
- novation11
- venation11
- active11
- alcove11
- avocet11
- cloven11
- coeval11
- covine11
- novice11
- octave11
- octavo11
- ovonic11
- cannelon10
- conation10
- ecotonal10
- enaction10
- innocent10
- location10
- nontonic10
- ovation10
- ventail10
- violate10
- violent10
- violone10
- volante10
- calve10
- cavie10
- cavil10
- civet10
- clave10
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