Is NONRESISTANCES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, NONRESISTANCES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does NONRESISTANCES mean?
Nonresistances is a form of NONRESISTANCE.
- noun
group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
14
Letters
N (1) + O (1) + N (1) + R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + I (1) + S (1) + T (1) + A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + 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 NONRESISTANCES
NONRESISTANCES 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 NONRESISTANCES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- nonresistance15
- ancientness13
- antecessors13
- canninesses13
- corninesses13
- resistances13
- transiences13
- ancestress12
- ancestries12
- antecessor12
- ascensions12
- cannisters12
- cannoneers12
- cannonries12
- canonesses12
- cessations12
- coarseness12
- consenters12
- constrains12
- containers12
- crenations12
- croissants12
- esotericas12
- innocenter12
- interocean12
- narcotises12
- necrotises12
- nectarines12
- noninsects12
- nonsecrets12
- ostracises12
- racinesses12
- recensions12
- recessions12
- resections12
- resistance12
- resonances12
- scantiness12
- scenarists12
- secretions12
- transience12
- transsonic12
- actioners11
- actresses11
- ancestors11
- ancienter11
- ancresses11
- anoretics11
- ascension11
- asciteses11
- canisters11
- canneries11
- canniness11
- cannister11
- cannoneer11
- canoeists11
- canonises11
- canonists11
- canonries11
- carotenes11
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