Is DESTINED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DESTINED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 10 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DESTINED mean?
- adjective
headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
“children bound for school”
- adjective
(usually followed by `to') governed by fate
“bound to happen”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 8
D (2) + E (1) + S (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 10 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 DESTINED
DESTINED 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 DESTINED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- distend9
- endited9
- neddies9
- teddies9
- destine8
- endites8
- denied8
- dented8
- dieted8
- dinted8
- eddies8
- edited8
- indeed8
- sended8
- tended8
- denies7
- dienes7
- endite7
- idents7
- nested7
- seined7
- teinds7
- tensed7
- deeds7
- didst7
- dined7
- ended7
- nided7
- sided7
- tided7
- tenesi6
- deets6
- deist6
- denes6
- dense6
- dents6
- diene6
- diets6
- dines6
- dints6
- dites6
- edits6
- ident6
- needs6
- nides6
- sited6
- snide6
- steed6
- stied6
- teind6
- tends6
- tides6
- tined6
- deed6
- died6
- inset5
- neist5
- nites5
- seine5
- sente5
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