Is DANKEST a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DANKEST is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DANKEST mean?
Dankest is a form of DANK.
- adjective
unpleasantly cool and humid
“a clammy handshake”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
7
Letters
D (2) + A (1) + N (1) + K (5) + E (1) + S (1) + T (1) = 12 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 DANKEST
DANKEST 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 DANKEST
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- kneads11
- skated11
- snaked11
- staked11
- tanked11
- tasked11
- asked10
- knead10
- naked10
- tsked10
- kanes9
- ketas9
- skate9
- skean9
- snake9
- sneak9
- stake9
- stank9
- steak9
- taken9
- takes9
- tanks9
- teaks9
- daks9
- dank9
- desk9
- sked9
- kaes8
- kane8
- kats8
- keas8
- kens8
- kent8
- keta8
- sake8
- sank8
- skat8
- take8
- tank8
- task8
- teak8
- dak8
- staned7
- ask7
- kae7
- kas7
- kat7
- kea7
- ken7
- ska7
- tsk7
- anted6
- dates6
- deans6
- dents6
- saned6
- sated6
- sedan6
- stade6
- stand6
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