Is CRIMINOLOGISTS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CRIMINOLOGISTS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CRIMINOLOGISTS mean?
Criminologists is a form of CRIMINOLOGIST.
- noun
a specialist in criminology
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
24
Words With Friends
14
Letters
C (3) + R (1) + I (1) + M (3) + I (1) + N (1) + O (1) + L (1) + O (1) + G (2) + I (1) + S (1) + T (1) + S (1) = 19 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 CRIMINOLOGISTS
CRIMINOLOGISTS 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 CRIMINOLOGISTS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- criminologist18
- miscoloring16
- gnosticism15
- misciting14
- morticing14
- colorising13
- missorting13
- motorising13
- soliciting13
- colorisms13
- isosmotic13
- limonitic13
- miscolors13
- trisomics13
- solicitors12
- colorings12
- glossitic12
- isogonics12
- logistics12
- mortising12
- motorings12
- clonisms12
- colorism12
- criminis12
- crimsons12
- isonomic12
- locoisms12
- miscoins12
- miscolor12
- monistic12
- nomistic12
- omicrons12
- sciolism12
- stoicism12
- trisomic12
- comings12
- sinologist11
- coistrils11
- colistins11
- colonists11
- colonitis11
- colorists11
- cortisols11
- mirlitons11
- solicitor11
- soloistic11
- troilisms11
- closings11
- coloring11
- costings11
- crossing11
- gnomists11
- gnostics11
- isogonic11
- lignitic11
- limiting11
- logistic11
- moorings11
- motoring11
- osmosing11
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