Is MALIGNANCIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, MALIGNANCIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does MALIGNANCIES mean?
Malignancies is a form of MALIGNANCY.
- noun
(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
- noun
quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
12
Letters
M (3) + A (1) + L (1) + I (1) + G (2) + N (1) + A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + I (1) + E (1) + S (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 MALIGNANCIES
MALIGNANCIES 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 MALIGNANCIES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- malignances16
- calamining15
- malignance15
- anglicism14
- magicians14
- manacling14
- canalising13
- analcimes13
- animacies13
- calamines13
- claiming13
- magician13
- magnesic13
- manganic13
- menacing13
- analgesic12
- angelicas12
- anglicise12
- cleanings12
- cleansing12
- licensing12
- magnesian12
- signalman12
- signalmen12
- silencing12
- amnesiac12
- analcime12
- animalic12
- calamine12
- camelias12
- clansman12
- clansmen12
- lemnisci12
- limacine12
- manacles12
- melanics12
- meniscal12
- mescalin12
- calming12
- magical12
- mincing12
- animalise11
- mainlines11
- angelica11
- canaling11
- ceilings11
- cleaning11
- emailing11
- encasing11
- enlacing11
- gamelans11
- imaginal11
- imagines11
- incasing11
- inlacing11
- magnesia11
- mailings11
- meanings11
- misalign11
- semigala11
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