Is DESTRUCTIVENESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DESTRUCTIVENESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 21 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DESTRUCTIVENESS mean?
- noun
the quality of causing destruction
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
21
Scrabble
25
Words With Friends
15
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + S (1) + T (1) + R (1) + U (1) + C (3) + T (1) + I (1) + V (4) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 21 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 DESTRUCTIVENESS
DESTRUCTIVENESS 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 DESTRUCTIVENESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- reductiveness19
- seductiveness19
- destructive17
- cursiveness16
- curvinesses16
- detectives16
- reductives16
- undeceives16
- unserviced16
- vidscreens16
- directnesses15
- discreetness15
- discreteness15
- senectitudes15
- diverseness15
- recessives15
- scurviness15
- victresses15
- curvetted15
- deceivers15
- decretive15
- detective15
- evidences15
- reductive15
- seductive15
- undeceive15
- vidscreen15
- crudenesses14
- discreetest14
- intersected14
- restiveness14
- senectitude14
- detersives14
- divestures14
- reinvested14
- servitudes14
- undervests14
- unrivetted14
- curviness14
- recessive14
- scurviest14
- secretive14
- virescent14
- curveted14
- deceiver14
- deceives14
- decurves14
- eductive14
- evidence14
- incurved14
- invected14
- received14
- scrieved14
- seducive14
- serviced14
- verdicts14
- verecund14
- certitudes13
- cursedness13
- directness13
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