Is DESICCATIVE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DESICCATIVE is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
Points
19
Scrabble
22
Words With Friends
11
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + S (1) + I (1) + C (3) + C (3) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + V (4) + E (1) = 19 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
Looking for what Desiccative means? Read the full definition, part of speech and example sentences on Wiktionary.
See the definition of DesiccativeHooks for DESICCATIVE
DESICCATIVE 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 DESICCATIVE
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- siccative16
- vaticides15
- vesicated15
- desiccate14
- cavitied14
- decisive14
- vaticide14
- accidies13
- cavities13
- deictics13
- dicastic13
- vesicate13
- advects13
- advices13
- devices13
- evicted13
- civics13
- edacities12
- cecities12
- deviates12
- ideative12
- sedative12
- accedes12
- accidie12
- actives12
- deictic12
- vesicae12
- advect12
- advice12
- device12
- viscid12
- civic12
- eidetics11
- advisee11
- ascetic11
- ascitic11
- datives11
- deviate11
- sciatic11
- visited11
- vistaed11
- accede11
- acidic11
- active11
- cavies11
- civets11
- civies11
- evicts11
- sicced11
- ticced11
- vesica11
- viatic11
- caved11
- viced11
- dacites10
- deceits10
- deistic10
- diciest10
- eidetic10
- acetic10
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