Is LICENSED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, LICENSED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does LICENSED mean?
- adjective
given official approval to act
“an accredited college”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
8
Letters
L (1) + I (1) + C (3) + E (1) + N (1) + S (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 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 LICENSED
LICENSED 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.
Anagrams of LICENSED
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from LICENSED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- declines11
- silenced11
- deciles10
- decline10
- license9
- selenic9
- silence9
- ceiled9
- censed9
- decile9
- deices9
- edenic9
- sliced9
- enisled8
- ensiled8
- linseed8
- clines8
- incels8
- nieces8
- cedes8
- cedis8
- deice8
- dices8
- scend8
- denies7
- dienes7
- diesel7
- ediles7
- elides7
- lensed7
- sedile7
- seidel7
- seined7
- ceils7
- cense7
- cines7
- cline7
- incel7
- niece7
- scene7
- since7
- slice7
- cede7
- cedi7
- dice7
- disc7
- iced7
- enisle6
- ensile6
- senile6
- deils6
- deles6
- delis6
- denes6
- dense6
- diene6
- dines6
- edile6
- elide6
- idles6
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