Is PAEDIATRICS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PAEDIATRICS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PAEDIATRICS mean?
- noun
the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
11
Letters
P (3) + A (1) + E (1) + D (2) + I (1) + A (1) + T (1) + R (1) + I (1) + C (3) + 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 PAEDIATRICS
PAEDIATRICS 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 PAEDIATRICS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- paediatric15
- patricides15
- pediatrics15
- rapacities14
- crispated14
- epicardia14
- patricide14
- pediatric14
- practised14
- parasitic13
- adscript13
- peracids13
- picrated13
- predicts13
- scripted13
- spicated13
- ascidiate12
- aspirated12
- disparate12
- praesidia12
- radicates12
- raticides12
- airscape12
- airspace12
- crispate12
- paretics12
- picrates12
- picrites12
- piracies12
- practise12
- priciest12
- crisped12
- depicts12
- discept12
- peracid12
- percids12
- predict12
- redcaps12
- scarped12
- scraped12
- acridest11
- adapters11
- cadaster11
- cadastre11
- carditis11
- paradise11
- presidia11
- radicate11
- rapidest11
- raticide11
- readapts11
- riptides11
- spirited11
- tiderips11
- traipsed11
- triacids11
- triadics11
- aseptic11
- carpets11
- episcia11
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