Is OPENHANDED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, OPENHANDED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does OPENHANDED mean?
- adjective
given or giving freely
“was a big tipper”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
O (1) + P (3) + E (1) + N (1) + H (4) + A (1) + N (1) + D (2) + E (1) + D (2) = 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 OPENHANDED
OPENHANDED 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 OPENHANDED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- dopehead15
- headpond15
- headend12
- daphne12
- heaped12
- phoned12
- deponed11
- hennaed11
- handed11
- headed11
- hodden11
- peahen11
- ephod11
- hoped11
- depend10
- pended10
- ponded10
- haded10
- hodad10
- phone10
- depone9
- opened9
- panned9
- penned9
- doped9
- honda9
- honed9
- epha9
- heap9
- hope9
- opah9
- pheo9
- phon9
- deaden8
- deaned8
- denned8
- donned8
- pennae8
- epode8
- henna8
- honan8
- naped8
- paned8
- ahed8
- hade8
- haed8
- hand8
- head8
- heed8
- hoed8
- odah8
- ohed8
- hap8
- hep8
- hop8
- pah8
- peh8
- pho8
- poh8
- donnee7
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