Is HEADWORDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HEADWORDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HEADWORDS mean?
Headwords is a form of HEADWORD.
- noun
a content word that can be qualified by a modifier
- noun
a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
9
Letters
H (4) + E (1) + A (1) + D (2) + W (4) + O (1) + R (1) + D (2) + 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.
Hooks for HEADWORDS
HEADWORDS 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 HEADWORDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- headword16
- shadowed16
- shadower15
- shadow13
- shawed13
- showed13
- shrewd13
- washed13
- whored13
- drowsed12
- hoarded12
- swarded12
- wadders12
- hawser12
- reshow12
- rewash12
- shower12
- washer12
- whores12
- dhows12
- hawed12
- redowas11
- dashed11
- dowsed11
- hodads11
- horded11
- shaded11
- wadder11
- warded11
- woaded11
- worded11
- hawse11
- howes11
- shrew11
- whore11
- whose11
- dhow11
- dasher10
- dehors10
- dewars10
- dowers10
- dowser10
- drowse10
- hoards10
- hordes10
- horsed10
- redowa10
- reshod10
- shader10
- shared10
- shored10
- waders10
- dawed10
- dowed10
- haded10
- hodad10
- waded10
- haws10
- hews10
- howe10
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