Is LICENTIOUSNESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, LICENTIOUSNESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does LICENTIOUSNESS mean?
- noun
the quality of being lewd and lascivious
- noun
dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
14
Letters
L (1) + I (1) + C (3) + E (1) + N (1) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + U (1) + S (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 16 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 LICENTIOUSNESS
LICENTIOUSNESS 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 LICENTIOUSNESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- insistences13
- isoleucines13
- licitnesses13
- necessitous13
- costliness12
- countesses12
- cutesiness12
- inclusions12
- insistence12
- insolences12
- isoleucine12
- licentious12
- seclusions12
- selections12
- tensionless11
- closeness11
- colistins11
- colitises11
- consensus11
- continues11
- cotinines11
- coulisses11
- countless11
- cutinises11
- elections11
- esculents11
- icinesses11
- inclusion11
- insectile11
- insolence11
- isoclines11
- isosceles11
- licitness11
- linctuses11
- nescients11
- neustonic11
- nicotines11
- scentless11
- sciolists11
- secession11
- seclusion11
- seicentos11
- selection11
- selenitic11
- siliceous11
- silicones11
- silicoses11
- societies11
- solecises11
- solecists11
- solstices11
- oilinesses10
- silentness10
- tininesses10
- censuses10
- centesis10
- centiles10
- centones10
- cessions10
- cestuses10
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