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
- Scrabble
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 12
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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