Is FUNCTIONARIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, FUNCTIONARIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does FUNCTIONARIES mean?
Functionaries is a form of FUNCTIONARY.
- noun
a worker who holds or is invested with an office
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
22
Words With Friends
13
Letters
F (4) + U (1) + N (1) + C (3) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) + A (1) + R (1) + I (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 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 FUNCTIONARIES
FUNCTIONARIES 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 FUNCTIONARIES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- infarctions16
- infractions16
- confitures15
- financiers15
- fornicates15
- furcations15
- infarction15
- infections15
- infectious15
- infraction15
- infrasonic15
- sanctifier15
- interfusion14
- artifices14
- carnifies14
- confiners14
- confiture14
- confuters14
- cornifies14
- facetious14
- factories14
- factorise14
- faunistic14
- financier14
- fornicate14
- foscarnet14
- fractions14
- fractious14
- frictions14
- fruticose14
- functions14
- furcation14
- infancies14
- infection14
- infectors14
- infuscate14
- enunciators13
- infantries13
- infuriates13
- infusorian13
- reinfusion13
- artifice13
- coinfers13
- confiner13
- confines13
- confuter13
- confutes13
- conifers13
- factions13
- factious13
- factures13
- fanciers13
- fanciest13
- fictions13
- finances13
- forecast13
- forensic13
- fornices13
- fraction13
- francise13
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