Is NAILBRUSHES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, NAILBRUSHES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does NAILBRUSHES mean?
Nailbrushes is a form of NAILBRUSH.
- noun
a brush used to clean a person's fingernails
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
11
Letters
N (1) + A (1) + I (1) + L (1) + B (3) + R (1) + U (1) + S (1) + H (4) + E (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 NAILBRUSHES
NAILBRUSHES 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 NAILBRUSHES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- banishers14
- burnishes14
- nailbrush14
- unhirable14
- banisher13
- banishes13
- banshies13
- blushers13
- hibernal13
- hubrises13
- inhaulers12
- banshie12
- bashers12
- bearish12
- beauish12
- blueish12
- blusher12
- blushes12
- brashes12
- brushes12
- burnish12
- bushels12
- bushers12
- bushier12
- bushies12
- herbals12
- hirable12
- hubless12
- brainless11
- burliness11
- insurable11
- railbuses11
- urbanises11
- hairless11
- hauliers11
- inhalers11
- inhauler11
- inrushes11
- slushier11
- unlashes11
- ablush11
- banish11
- basher11
- bashes11
- bishes11
- blaher11
- bluish11
- bushel11
- busher11
- bushes11
- habile11
- herbal11
- hubris11
- rehabs11
- sahibs11
- shlubs11
- shrubs11
- subahs11
- airbuses10
- issuable10
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