Is OPENHANDEDNESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, OPENHANDEDNESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 21 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does OPENHANDEDNESS mean?
- noun
liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
21
Scrabble
24
Words With Friends
14
Letters
O (1) + P (3) + E (1) + N (1) + H (4) + A (1) + N (1) + D (2) + E (1) + D (2) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 21 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 OPENHANDEDNESS
OPENHANDEDNESS 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 OPENHANDEDNESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- openhanded17
- dopeheads16
- headponds16
- handedness15
- dopehead15
- headpond15
- headends13
- daphnes13
- dasheens12
- desponds12
- endashes12
- sandshoe12
- seedpods12
- apheses12
- deashed12
- headend12
- hoddens12
- peahens12
- shodden12
- spahees12
- sphenes12
- daphne12
- ephods12
- hasped12
- heaped12
- pashed12
- phased12
- phoned12
- shaped12
- dapsones11
- deepness11
- pennoned11
- spadones11
- spondees11
- dasheen11
- deashes11
- depends11
- deponed11
- deposed11
- despond11
- hennaed11
- seedpod11
- sheened11
- speeded11
- dashed11
- handed11
- headed11
- heeded11
- hodads11
- hodden11
- pashes11
- peahen11
- phases11
- phones11
- shaded11
- shapen11
- shapes11
- shnaps11
- spahee11
- sphene11
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