Is DEVILFISHES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DEVILFISHES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 21 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DEVILFISHES mean?
Devilfishes is a form of DEVILFISH.
- noun
medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
- noun
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
- noun
extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
21
Scrabble
22
Words With Friends
11
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + V (4) + I (1) + L (1) + F (4) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + E (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 DEVILFISHES
DEVILFISHES 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 DEVILFISHES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- devilfish19
- dishevels16
- devilish15
- dishevel15
- hiveless14
- fleshed14
- shelved14
- fleshes13
- hisself13
- selfish13
- shelves13
- fished13
- helved13
- shived13
- hideless12
- elfish12
- elvish12
- fishes12
- helves12
- shelve12
- shives12
- hived12
- defiles11
- deifies11
- devises11
- edifies11
- shields11
- fives11
- flesh11
- helve11
- hives11
- shelf11
- shive11
- shivs11
- fissile10
- selfies10
- slieves10
- defies10
- defile10
- delish10
- delves10
- deshis10
- devels10
- devils10
- devise10
- dishes10
- felids10
- fessed10
- fields10
- heiled10
- hissed10
- levied10
- selfed10
- shield10
- sieved10
- veiled10
- viseed10
- fehs10
- fish10
- five10
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