Is FISHTAILING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, FISHTAILING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does FISHTAILING mean?
Fishtailing 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
18
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
11
Letters
F (4) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + T (1) + A (1) + I (1) + L (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 18 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 FISHTAILING
FISHTAILING 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 FISHTAILING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- fanlights16
- faithing15
- fanlight15
- flashing15
- infights15
- inflight15
- shafting15
- shifting15
- faintish14
- fishtail14
- fashing14
- fishing14
- flights14
- hafting14
- infight14
- filiating13
- fights13
- flight13
- failings12
- fatlings12
- lathings12
- nilghais12
- shilingi12
- stifling12
- faiths12
- filths12
- finish12
- fight12
- finalist11
- nihilist11
- tailfins11
- alights11
- failing11
- fasting11
- fatling11
- filings11
- fisting11
- fliting11
- hailing11
- halting11
- hasting11
- hilting11
- histing11
- insight11
- lashing11
- lathing11
- lifting11
- nilghai11
- sifting11
- faith11
- filth11
- flash11
- hafts11
- shaft11
- shift11
- finalis10
- finials10
- lithias10
- tahinis10
- tailfin10
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