Is DISTENDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DISTENDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 10 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DISTENDS mean?
Distends is a form of DISTEND.
- verb
become wider
“His pupils were dilated”
- verb
cause to expand as it by internal pressure
“The gas distended the animal's body”
- verb
swell from or as if from internal pressure
“The distended bellies of the starving cows”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 8
D (2) + I (1) + S (1) + T (1) + E (1) + N (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 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 DISTENDS
DISTENDS 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 DISTENDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- distend9
- dissent8
- snidest8
- dinted8
- dissed8
- deists7
- desist7
- idents7
- teinds7
- didst7
- dined7
- nided7
- sided7
- tided7
- insets6
- steins6
- deist6
- dents6
- desis6
- diets6
- dines6
- dints6
- dites6
- edits6
- ident6
- nides6
- sends6
- sides6
- sited6
- sneds6
- snide6
- stied6
- teind6
- tends6
- tides6
- tined6
- died6
- inset5
- neist5
- nests5
- nites5
- senti5
- sents5
- sines5
- sites5
- snits5
- stein5
- sties5
- teins5
- tines5
- deni5
- dens5
- dent5
- desi5
- dies5
- diet5
- dine5
- dins5
- dint5
- diss5
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