Is LITERATENESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, LITERATENESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
Points
12
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
12
Letters
L (1) + I (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + A (1) + T (1) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 12 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.
Definition
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See the definition of LiteratenessHooks for LITERATENESS
LITERATENESS 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 LITERATENESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- eternalises11
- easterlies10
- elaterites10
- entreaties10
- eternalise10
- reinstates10
- sterilants10
- alertness9
- anisettes9
- arsenites9
- earliness9
- elaterins9
- elaterite9
- enlistees9
- enlisters9
- entailers9
- essential9
- eternises9
- insetters9
- interests9
- irateness9
- lateeners9
- laterites9
- leeriness9
- listeners9
- literates9
- nearliest9
- reenlists9
- reinstate9
- relistens9
- resettles9
- resinates9
- resistant9
- salteries9
- sealeries9
- selenates9
- selenites9
- sestertia9
- silentest9
- slantiest9
- slatterns9
- sleetiest9
- snarliest9
- sneeriest9
- statelier9
- stearines9
- steeliest9
- sterilant9
- sternites9
- straitens9
- taintless9
- tartiness9
- teariness9
- teaselers9
- teensiest9
- teentsier9
- tesselate9
- tetanises9
- trainless9
- treatises9
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