Is HAZELS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HAZELS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HAZELS mean?
Hazels is a form of HAZEL.
- adjective
of a light brown or yellowish brown color
- noun
Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
- noun
the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
- noun
any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
6
Letters
H (4) + A (1) + Z (10) + E (1) + L (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 HAZELS
HAZELS 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 HAZELS
The 55 highest-scoring words using these letters.
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