Is NEIGHBOURLINESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, NEIGHBOURLINESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 21 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does NEIGHBOURLINESS mean?
- noun
a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
21
Scrabble
—
Words With Friends
15
Letters
N (1) + E (1) + I (1) + G (2) + H (4) + B (3) + O (1) + U (1) + R (1) + L (1) + I (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 21 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsNot listed
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 NEIGHBOURLINESS
NEIGHBOURLINESS 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 NEIGHBOURLINESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- neighborliness20
- burnishings17
- burnishing16
- neighbours16
- boughless15
- bungholes15
- busheling15
- neighbors15
- neighbour15
- ignobleness14
- hungriness14
- inrushings14
- nourishing14
- reshingles14
- rhigolenes14
- burnishes14
- bushelers14
- shinbones14
- bighorns14
- blushing14
- broguish14
- brushing14
- bunghole14
- bushings14
- neighbor14
- biogenesis13
- boringness13
- inselbergs13
- nebulising13
- shinneries13
- shorelines13
- suberising13
- subregions13
- subsoiling13
- unholiness13
- englishes13
- hingeless13
- hirelings13
- hirseling13
- houseling13
- inrushing13
- onrushing13
- rehousing13
- relishing13
- reshingle13
- reshining13
- reshoeing13
- rhigolene13
- roughness13
- shielings13
- shinglers13
- sleighers13
- sloughier13
- unhorsing13
- blushers13
- bolshies13
- busheler13
- herbless13
- hubrises13
- rosebush13
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