Is CRITICALNESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CRITICALNESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CRITICALNESSES mean?
Criticalnesses is a form of CRITICALNESS.
- noun
a state of critical urgency
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
22
Words With Friends
14
Letters
C (3) + R (1) + I (1) + T (1) + I (1) + C (3) + A (1) + L (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 18 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 CRITICALNESSES
CRITICALNESSES 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 CRITICALNESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- criticalness16
- electricians16
- electrician15
- interclasses14
- accentless14
- cicatrises14
- classicise14
- classicist14
- scarceness14
- scarcities14
- centralises13
- insectaries13
- licitnesses13
- linecasters13
- resistances13
- scleritises13
- acescents13
- calcretes13
- calescent13
- cancelers13
- canticles13
- celeriacs13
- centrical13
- cicatrise13
- circinate13
- clarences13
- crescents13
- electrics13
- encircles13
- enclitics13
- icterical13
- licencers13
- narcistic13
- reaccents13
- scleritic13
- ancestress12
- ancestries12
- cartelises12
- centralise12
- cretinises12
- interclass12
- interlaces12
- lacertines12
- lacinesses12
- larcenists12
- linecaster12
- literacies12
- narcissist12
- racinesses12
- resistance12
- sacristies12
- saliencies12
- scenarists12
- stencilers12
- accesses12
- accretes12
- acentric12
- acescent12
- ascetics12
- calcines12
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