Is HERALDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HERALDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HERALDS mean?
Heralds is a form of HERALD.
- noun
(formal) a person who announces important news
“the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet”
- verb
foreshadow or presage
- verb
praise vociferously
“The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein”
- noun
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
H (4) + E (1) + R (1) + A (1) + L (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 11 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 HERALDS
HERALDS 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 HERALDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- dasher10
- herald10
- lashed10
- shader10
- shaled10
- shared10
- ashler9
- halers9
- lasher9
- ashed9
- dahls9
- deash9
- dhals9
- hades9
- haled9
- hards9
- hared9
- heads9
- heard9
- herds9
- sadhe9
- shade9
- shard9
- sherd9
- shred9
- haler8
- hales8
- hares8
- harls8
- heals8
- hears8
- herls8
- leash8
- lehrs8
- rheas8
- selah8
- shale8
- share8
- sheal8
- shear8
- ahed8
- dahl8
- dahs8
- dash8
- dhal8
- edhs8
- hade8
- haed8
- hard8
- head8
- held8
- herd8
- shad8
- shed8
- alders7
- laders7
- haes7
- hale7
- hare7
- harl7
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