Is DESCRIPTIVENESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DESCRIPTIVENESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 23 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
Points
23
Scrabble
27
Words With Friends
15
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + S (1) + C (3) + R (1) + I (1) + P (3) + T (1) + I (1) + V (4) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 23 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.
Definition
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See the definition of DescriptivenessHooks for DESCRIPTIVENESS
DESCRIPTIVENESS 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 DESCRIPTIVENESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- descriptive19
- decisiveness18
- predictive18
- persistencies17
- presidencies17
- depressives17
- disservices17
- viridescent17
- inceptives17
- inspective17
- respective17
- deceptive17
- perceived17
- derisiveness16
- interspecies16
- persistences16
- disrespects16
- reinspected16
- depressive16
- directives16
- dispersive16
- disservice16
- preinvited16
- previsited16
- vidscreens16
- inceptive16
- perceives16
- receptive16
- directnesses15
- discreetness15
- discreteness15
- spiritedness15
- crepinesses15
- diverseness15
- persistence15
- preciseness15
- centipedes15
- disrespect15
- pesticides15
- precedents15
- preinvites15
- recessives15
- sidepieces15
- vespertine15
- vicereines15
- victresses15
- deceivers15
- decretive15
- directive15
- evidences15
- prevented15
- vidscreen15
- perceive15
- predestines14
- residencies14
- restiveness14
- stridencies14
- tepidnesses14
- creepiness14
- crispiness14
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