Is DURANCES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DURANCES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DURANCES mean?
Durances is a form of DURANCE.
- noun
imprisonment (especially for a long time)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
8
Letters
D (2) + U (1) + R (1) + A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + E (1) + S (1) = 11 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 DURANCES
DURANCES 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 DURANCES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- crusade10
- dancers10
- durance10
- uncared10
- uncased10
- suncare9
- ascend9
- cadres9
- caused9
- cedarn9
- cedars9
- craned9
- crudes9
- cursed9
- dancer9
- dances9
- decans9
- dunces9
- nacred9
- sacred9
- sauced9
- scared9
- secund9
- asunder8
- danseur8
- caners8
- casern8
- causer8
- cesura8
- cranes8
- nacres8
- rances8
- saucer8
- uncase8
- usance8
- acned8
- acred8
- adunc8
- arced8
- cades8
- cadre8
- caned8
- cards8
- cared8
- cased8
- cedar8
- creds8
- crude8
- cruds8
- curds8
- cured8
- daces8
- dance8
- decan8
- duces8
- dunce8
- raced8
- scend8
- denars7
- nursed7
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