Is FISHTAILED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, FISHTAILED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does FISHTAILED mean?
Fishtailed is a form of FISHTAIL.
- verb
slow down by moving the tail sideways
“The airplane fishtailed on the runway”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
F (4) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + T (1) + A (1) + I (1) + L (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 17 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 FISHTAILED
FISHTAILED 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 FISHTAILED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- dealfish15
- fishtail14
- tilefish14
- deafish14
- faithed14
- flashed14
- shafted14
- shifted14
- fidelista13
- leftish13
- fashed13
- fished13
- hafted13
- filiated12
- salified12
- elfish12
- faiths12
- fetish12
- filths12
- fetialis11
- filiates11
- daleths11
- fideist11
- halides11
- stifled11
- faith11
- filth11
- flash11
- flesh11
- hafts11
- hefts11
- shaft11
- sheaf11
- shelf11
- shift11
- thief11
- fetials10
- filiate10
- halites10
- heliast10
- lithias10
- sealift10
- afield10
- daleth10
- deaths10
- defats10
- delfts10
- delish10
- failed10
- fasted10
- felids10
- fields10
- fisted10
- flited10
- hailed10
- halide10
- halids10
- halted10
- hasted10
- hilted10
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