Is DARKENS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DARKENS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DARKENS mean?
Darkens is a form of DARKEN.
- verb
become dark or darker
“The sky darkened”
- verb
tarnish or stain
“a scandal that darkened the family's good name”
- verb
make dark or darker
“darken a room”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
7
Letters
D (2) + A (1) + R (1) + K (5) + E (1) + N (1) + S (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 DARKENS
DARKENS 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.
Anagrams of DARKENS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from DARKENS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- snarked12
- danker11
- darken11
- drakes11
- kneads11
- narked11
- ranked11
- snaked11
- asked10
- darks10
- drake10
- drank10
- dreks10
- knead10
- naked10
- raked10
- asker9
- eskar9
- kanes9
- karns9
- kerns9
- knars9
- narks9
- rakes9
- ranks9
- saker9
- skean9
- snake9
- snark9
- sneak9
- daks9
- dank9
- dark9
- desk9
- drek9
- sked9
- arks8
- kaes8
- kane8
- karn8
- keas8
- kens8
- kern8
- knar8
- nark8
- rake8
- rank8
- sake8
- sank8
- sark8
- dak8
- denars7
- redans7
- sander7
- snared7
- ark7
- ask7
- kae7
- kas7
- kea7
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