Is HEADFISHES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HEADFISHES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 20 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HEADFISHES mean?
Headfishes is a form of HEADFISH.
- noun
among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
20
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
10
Letters
H (4) + E (1) + A (1) + D (2) + F (4) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + E (1) + S (1) = 20 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 HEADFISHES
HEADFISHES 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 HEADFISHES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- headfish18
- shaheeds15
- deafish14
- shaheed14
- shahids14
- sheafed14
- fashed13
- fished13
- hashed13
- shahid13
- fashes12
- fishes12
- hashes12
- sheafs12
- sheesh12
- deashes11
- shahs11
- sheaf11
- dashes10
- dashis10
- defies10
- deshis10
- dishes10
- feased10
- fessed10
- hissed10
- sadhes10
- sashed10
- shades10
- fahs10
- fash10
- fehs10
- fish10
- hahs10
- hash10
- hehs10
- shah10
- feases9
- ashed9
- dashi9
- deash9
- defis9
- deshi9
- fades9
- feeds9
- hades9
- heads9
- heeds9
- hides9
- sadhe9
- shade9
- shads9
- sheds9
- shied9
- sidhe9
- fah9
- feh9
- hah9
- heh9
- shh9
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