Is ELDERSHIPS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ELDERSHIPS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ELDERSHIPS mean?
Elderships is a form of ELDERSHIP.
- noun
the office of elder
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
E (1) + L (1) + D (2) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) + H (4) + I (1) + P (3) + S (1) = 16 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 ELDERSHIPS
ELDERSHIPS 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 ELDERSHIPS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- eldership15
- perished14
- shielders13
- perishes13
- pheresis13
- hirpled13
- sphered13
- hideless12
- hirseled12
- relished12
- shielder12
- helpers12
- hipless12
- hirples12
- pishers12
- reships12
- spheres12
- helped12
- pished12
- despiser11
- disperse11
- dripless11
- heirless11
- presides11
- relishes11
- hirsled11
- shields11
- helper11
- herpes11
- hirple11
- perish11
- pisher11
- pishes11
- reship11
- shleps11
- sphere11
- spielers10
- depress10
- despise10
- dispels10
- heiress10
- hirsels10
- hirsles10
- pedlers10
- periled10
- preside10
- pressed10
- prissed10
- replied10
- speiled10
- speired10
- spiders10
- spieled10
- spiered10
- delish10
- deshis10
- dishes10
- heders10
- heiled10
- heired10
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