Is HANDPRESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HANDPRESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
Points
17
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
11
Letters
H (4) + A (1) + N (1) + D (2) + P (3) + R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 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.
Definition
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See the definition of HandpressesHooks for HANDPRESSES
HANDPRESSES 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 HANDPRESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- handpress15
- sharpened15
- hardnesses14
- sharpness14
- ephedras14
- reshaped14
- harnessed13
- reshapes13
- sharpens13
- daphnes13
- ephedra13
- phrased13
- sharped13
- sphered13
- harnesses12
- dasheens12
- endashes12
- hardness12
- apheses12
- heapers12
- peahens12
- phasers12
- phrases12
- reshape12
- seraphs12
- shapers12
- sharpen12
- sherpas12
- spahees12
- sphenes12
- spheres12
- daphne12
- harped12
- hasped12
- heaped12
- pashed12
- phased12
- shaped12
- spareness11
- aspersed11
- rashness11
- repassed11
- respades11
- spenders11
- adheres11
- dasheen11
- dashers11
- deashes11
- handers11
- hardens11
- headers11
- hearsed11
- shaders11
- sheared11
- heaper11
- herpes11
- pashes11
- peahen11
- phaser11
- phases11
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