Is FRONTIERS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, FRONTIERS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does FRONTIERS mean?
Frontiers is a form of FRONTIER.
- noun
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
“the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day”
- noun
an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
- noun
an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development
“he worked at the frontier of brain science”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
9
Letters
F (4) + R (1) + O (1) + N (1) + T (1) + I (1) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) = 12 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 FRONTIERS
FRONTIERS 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 FRONTIERS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- frontier11
- frostier11
- refronts11
- rotifers11
- forints10
- forties10
- fronter10
- frontes10
- refront10
- rotifer10
- snifter10
- feints9
- fetors9
- finest9
- firers9
- forest9
- forint9
- forrit9
- fortes9
- fortis9
- foster9
- freons9
- friers9
- frites9
- fronts9
- infers9
- infest9
- refits9
- resift9
- rifest9
- sifter9
- soften9
- softer9
- softie9
- strife9
- introrse8
- feint8
- feist8
- ferns8
- fetor8
- finer8
- fines8
- finos8
- firer8
- fires8
- firns8
- first8
- foins8
- foist8
- fonts8
- fores8
- forte8
- forts8
- freon8
- frets8
- frier8
- fries8
- frise8
- frits8
- froes8
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