Is DESICCANTS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DESICCANTS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DESICCANTS mean?
Desiccants is a form of DESICCANT.
- noun
a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
10
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + S (1) + I (1) + C (3) + C (3) + A (1) + N (1) + T (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 DESICCANTS
DESICCANTS 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 DESICCANTS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- accidents14
- desiccant14
- accident13
- distances12
- ascetics12
- scandic12
- acidness11
- danciest11
- descants11
- discants11
- distance11
- accents11
- ascetic11
- scenics11
- sicced11
- ticced11
- cineasts10
- scanties10
- ascends10
- candies10
- dacites10
- decants10
- descant10
- dicasts10
- discant10
- discase10
- dissect10
- incased10
- scanted10
- accent10
- access10
- acetic10
- cantic10
- caseic10
- scenic10
- siccan10
- destains9
- sandiest9
- acetins9
- ascents9
- ascites9
- caseins9
- cassine9
- cineast9
- ectasis9
- incases9
- incests9
- insects9
- secants9
- stances9
- ascend9
- asdics9
- cadent9
- cadets9
- canids9
- canted9
- cisted9
- cnidae9
- dacite9
- dances9
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