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
11
Scrabble
11
Words With Friends
7
Letters
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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