Is HEADPHONES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HEADPHONES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HEADPHONES mean?
Headphones is a form of HEADPHONE.
- noun
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
“it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
H (4) + E (1) + A (1) + D (2) + P (3) + H (4) + O (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 19 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 HEADPHONES
HEADPHONES 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 HEADPHONES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- headphone18
- hopheads17
- hophead16
- shaheed14
- ephahs14
- daphnes13
- hashed13
- ephah13
- peahens12
- daphne12
- ephods12
- hasped12
- heaped12
- pashed12
- phased12
- phoned12
- shaped12
- dasheen11
- peahen11
- phones11
- shapen11
- spahee11
- sphene11
- ephod11
- hoped11
- dapsone10
- depones10
- sneaped10
- speaned10
- spondee10
- endash10
- hondas10
- noshed10
- ephas10
- heaps10
- hopes10
- opahs10
- phase10
- pheos10
- phone10
- phons10
- shape10
- sheep10
- hahs10
- hash10
- hehs10
- shah10
- depone9
- depose9
- epodes9
- opened9
- pesade9
- soaped9
- speedo9
- ashed9
- deash9
- dosha9
- hades9
- hands9
- heads9
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