Is DEACONESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DEACONESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DEACONESS mean?
- noun
a woman deacon
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
9
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + A (1) + C (3) + O (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (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 DEACONESS
DEACONESS 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 DEACONESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- secondes11
- acnodes10
- ascends10
- deacons10
- decanes10
- encased10
- encodes10
- seconde10
- seconds10
- adenoses9
- seasoned9
- caseose9
- cassene9
- encases9
- seances9
- senecas9
- acnode9
- ascend9
- canoed9
- ceased9
- censed9
- cessed9
- codens9
- dances9
- deacon9
- decane9
- decans9
- encode9
- scends9
- second9
- ascons8
- canoes8
- cansos8
- ceases8
- censes8
- encase8
- oceans8
- scenas8
- scenes8
- scones8
- seance8
- seneca8
- acned8
- cades8
- caned8
- cased8
- cedes8
- codas8
- coden8
- codes8
- coeds8
- coned8
- daces8
- dance8
- decan8
- decos8
- scads8
- scend8
- anodes7
- donees7
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