Is DECEPTIONS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DECEPTIONS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DECEPTIONS mean?
Deceptions is a form of DECEPTION.
- noun
a misleading falsehood
- noun
the act of deceiving
- noun
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
10
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + C (3) + E (1) + P (3) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) + S (1) = 15 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 DECEPTIONS
DECEPTIONS 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 DECEPTIONS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- deception14
- inspected14
- potencies13
- despotic13
- incepted13
- pentoside12
- sectioned12
- pectines12
- picotees12
- potences12
- depicts12
- discept12
- picoted12
- spected12
- codeines11
- epidotes11
- pentodes11
- poetised11
- entopic11
- incepts11
- inspect11
- nepotic11
- pectens11
- pectins11
- picotee11
- poetics11
- potence11
- copied11
- depict11
- pieced11
- ponced11
- psocid11
- scoped11
- spiced11
- seicento10
- cestode10
- cestoid10
- codeine10
- codeins10
- coedits10
- ctenoid10
- deceits10
- deontic10
- depones10
- deposit10
- descent10
- despite10
- diocese10
- dipnets10
- docents10
- dopiest10
- encodes10
- enticed10
- epidote10
- episode10
- escoted10
- noticed10
- pentode10
- podites10
- pointed10
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