Is NEIGHBOURS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, NEIGHBOURS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does NEIGHBOURS mean?
Neighbours is a form of NEIGHBOUR.
- noun
a person who lives (or is located) near another
- noun
a nearby object of the same kind
“Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas”
- verb
live or be located as a neighbor
“the neighboring house”
- verb
be located near or adjacent to
“Pakistan neighbors India”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
N (1) + E (1) + I (1) + G (2) + H (4) + B (3) + O (1) + U (1) + R (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 NEIGHBOURS
NEIGHBOURS 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 NEIGHBOURS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- neighbors15
- neighbour15
- bighorns14
- broguish14
- brushing14
- neighbor14
- rehousing13
- bighorn13
- bushing13
- subregion12
- roughens12
- roughies12
- ushering12
- burnish12
- bushier12
- boughs12
- brughs12
- burghs12
- bourgies11
- burgeons11
- sobering11
- enoughs11
- gorhens11
- grushie11
- gushier11
- hingers11
- hongies11
- horsing11
- housing11
- hungers11
- ogreish11
- roguish11
- roughen11
- rushing11
- shoeing11
- shoring11
- busher11
- hubris11
- bough11
- brugh11
- burgh11
- bingers10
- bingoes10
- biogens10
- borings10
- bougier10
- bougies10
- bourgie10
- bousing10
- brogues10
- burgeon10
- heinous10
- heroins10
- housier10
- inshore10
- nourish10
- rubigos10
- rugbies10
- sorbing10
- subring10
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