Is LENGTHWISE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, LENGTHWISE is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does LENGTHWISE mean?
- adverb
in the direction of the length
“He cut the paper lengthwise”
- adjective
running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing
“the lengthwise dimension”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
L (1) + E (1) + N (1) + G (2) + T (1) + H (4) + W (4) + I (1) + S (1) + E (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 LENGTHWISE
LENGTHWISE 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 LENGTHWISE
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- wheelings16
- welshing15
- wheeling15
- shewing14
- weights14
- whinges14
- whistle13
- whitens13
- hewing13
- weighs13
- weight13
- whinge13
- wights13
- heelings12
- lightens12
- seething12
- sheeting12
- sweeting12
- weltings12
- winglets12
- newish12
- swithe12
- wheels12
- wheens12
- whiles12
- whilst12
- whines12
- whiten12
- whites12
- withes12
- weigh12
- whigs12
- wight12
- theelins11
- english11
- heeling11
- lengths11
- lighten11
- nighest11
- shingle11
- sleight11
- slewing11
- stewing11
- swingle11
- twinges11
- weeting11
- welting11
- westing11
- wiglets11
- winglet11
- shewn11
- swith11
- thews11
- welsh11
- wheel11
- wheen11
- whens11
- whets11
- while11
- whine11
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