Is ECHELONS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ECHELONS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ECHELONS mean?
Echelons is a form of ECHELON.
- noun
status in a society or organization
“the upper echelon”
- noun
a body of troops arranged in a line
- noun
a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
8
Letters
E (1) + C (3) + H (4) + E (1) + L (1) + O (1) + N (1) + S (1) = 13 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 ECHELONS
ECHELONS 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 ECHELONS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- echelon12
- chosen11
- echoes11
- leches11
- loches11
- chons10
- chose10
- eches10
- echos10
- hence10
- leech10
- loche10
- lochs10
- oches10
- enclose9
- chon9
- cosh9
- eche9
- echo9
- lech9
- loch9
- oche9
- clones8
- eclose8
- heels8
- helos8
- holes8
- hones8
- hosel8
- hosen8
- sheen8
- sheol8
- shone8
- och8
- cense7
- clone7
- clons7
- close7
- coles7
- cones7
- scene7
- scone7
- socle7
- heel7
- helo7
- hens7
- hoes7
- hole7
- hols7
- hone7
- hons7
- hose7
- nosh7
- shen7
- shoe7
- leones6
- cees6
- cels6
- clon6
- cole6
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