Is OLIGARCHIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, OLIGARCHIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does OLIGARCHIES mean?
Oligarchies is a form of OLIGARCHY.
- noun
a political system governed by a few people
“one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
11
Letters
O (1) + L (1) + I (1) + G (2) + A (1) + R (1) + C (3) + H (4) + I (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 17 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 OLIGARCHIES
OLIGARCHIES 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 OLIGARCHIES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- oligarchs15
- oligarch14
- ceorlish13
- charlies13
- choleras13
- chorales13
- heroical13
- charges13
- chigoes13
- choragi13
- choregi13
- gachers13
- scraigh13
- archils12
- cahiers12
- carlish12
- cashier12
- charlie12
- chilies12
- cholera12
- cholers12
- chorale12
- chorals12
- choreal12
- choreas12
- chorial12
- clasher12
- coheirs12
- heroics12
- ischial12
- larches12
- loaches12
- lochias12
- ochreas12
- oraches12
- orchils12
- roaches12
- scholar12
- scholia12
- charge12
- chigoe12
- gacher12
- gaches12
- airholes11
- glaciers11
- graciles11
- gracilis11
- logicise11
- shoalier11
- galoshe11
- gheraos11
- girlish11
- hegaris11
- hegiras11
- hoagies11
- largish11
- ogreish11
- achier11
- arches11
- archil11
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