Is PADDLEFISHES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PADDLEFISHES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 22 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PADDLEFISHES mean?
Paddlefishes is a form of PADDLEFISH.
- noun
primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
22
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
12
Letters
P (3) + A (1) + D (2) + D (2) + L (1) + E (1) + F (4) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + E (1) + S (1) = 22 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 PADDLEFISHES
PADDLEFISHES 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 PADDLEFISHES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- paddlefish20
- spadefish18
- dealfishes17
- shadflies16
- dealfish15
- faddish15
- displeased14
- defilades14
- helipads14
- splashed14
- deafish14
- flashed14
- fleshed14
- sheafed14
- defilade13
- shielded13
- aphides13
- diphase13
- flashes13
- fleshes13
- helipad13
- hisself13
- plashed13
- selfish13
- fashed13
- fished13
- displease12
- depsides12
- despised12
- dipsades12
- fadeless12
- headless12
- hideless12
- apheses12
- aphesis12
- daledhs12
- deashed12
- defiled12
- fiddles12
- fielded12
- hapless12
- heddles12
- hipless12
- laddish12
- plashes12
- saddish12
- siddhas12
- spahees12
- aphids12
- elfish12
- fashes12
- fishes12
- hasped12
- heaped12
- helped12
- pashed12
- phased12
- pished12
- shaped12
- sheafs12
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