Is NECESSARIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, NECESSARIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does NECESSARIES mean?
Necessaries is a form of NECESSARY.
- adjective
absolutely essential
- adjective
unavoidably determined by prior circumstances
“the necessary consequences of one's actions”
- noun
anything indispensable
“food and shelter are necessities of life”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
11
Letters
N (1) + E (1) + C (3) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + A (1) + R (1) + I (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 13 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 NECESSARIES
NECESSARIES 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 NECESSARIES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- racinesses12
- ancresses11
- increases11
- scariness11
- sceneries11
- arcsines10
- arsenics10
- caresses10
- casernes10
- cassenes10
- cassines10
- ceresins10
- ecesises10
- essences10
- increase10
- raciness10
- recesses10
- senesces10
- ancress9
- arcsine9
- arsenic9
- asceses9
- ascesis9
- careens9
- carnies9
- caseins9
- caserne9
- caserns9
- cassene9
- cassine9
- censers9
- ceresin9
- cerises9
- creases9
- creeses9
- cresses9
- encases9
- essence9
- incases9
- recanes9
- screens9
- seances9
- secerns9
- senecas9
- senesce9
- sincere9
- easiness8
- eeriness8
- eserines8
- cairns8
- caners8
- careen8
- caress8
- caries8
- carnie8
- carses8
- casein8
- casern8
- cassis8
- ceases8
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