Is NEWSCASTERS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, NEWSCASTERS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does NEWSCASTERS mean?
Newscasters is a form of NEWSCASTER.
- noun
someone who broadcasts the news
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
11
Letters
N (1) + E (1) + W (4) + S (1) + C (3) + A (1) + S (1) + T (1) + E (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 NEWSCASTERS
NEWSCASTERS 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 NEWSCASTERS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- newscaster15
- newscasts14
- setscrews14
- newscast13
- setscrew13
- ancestress12
- rawnesses12
- swartness12
- actresses11
- ancresses11
- reascents11
- sarcenets11
- sweaters11
- westerns11
- screws11
- caresses10
- casernes10
- cassenes10
- cateress10
- centares10
- cerastes10
- crassest10
- cressets10
- reascent10
- reenacts10
- sarcenet10
- answers10
- rawness10
- seesaws10
- sweater10
- waeness10
- wanters10
- wasters10
- weaners10
- western10
- westers10
- wetness10
- wrasses10
- craws10
- crews10
- screw10
- assenters9
- sarsenets9
- actress9
- ancress9
- ascents9
- asceses9
- canters9
- careens9
- carnets9
- caserne9
- caserns9
- cassene9
- casters9
- censers9
- centare9
- centers9
- centres9
- cerates9
- cetanes9
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