Is DEPREDATIONS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DEPREDATIONS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DEPREDATIONS mean?
Depredations is a form of DEPREDATION.
- noun
an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
- noun
(usually plural) a destructive action
“the ravages of time”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
12
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + P (3) + R (1) + E (1) + D (2) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) + S (1) = 16 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 DEPREDATIONS
DEPREDATIONS 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 DEPREDATIONS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- depredation15
- desperation14
- interposed13
- patronised13
- pedantries13
- pedestrian13
- periodates13
- personated13
- predations13
- terpenoids13
- depainted13
- departeds13
- deposited13
- despaired13
- desperado13
- disparted13
- disported13
- poniarded13
- portended13
- protended13
- readopted13
- responded13
- derationed12
- proteinase12
- antipodes12
- dipterans12
- dripstone12
- pentoside12
- periodate12
- pertained12
- pintadoes12
- predation12
- president12
- proteides12
- redeposit12
- repainted12
- repointed12
- reposited12
- terpenoid12
- departed12
- deported12
- despited12
- diapered12
- dispread12
- dropseed12
- dropsied12
- pandered12
- pardoned12
- parodied12
- pondered12
- predated12
- presided12
- respaded12
- spidered12
- aperients11
- atropines11
- darnedest11
- dendrites11
- destained11
- detrained11
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