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Is PAINTS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, PAINTS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 8 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does PAINTS mean?

Paints is a form of PAINT.

  1. verb

    make a painting

    “he painted all day in the garden”

  2. verb

    apply paint to; coat with paint

    “We painted the rooms yellow”

  3. verb

    make a painting of

    “He painted his mistress many times”

  4. noun

    a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

    “artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

Scrabble
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6

P (3) + A (1) + I (1) + N (1) + T (1) + S (1) = 8 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 PAINTS

PAINTS 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.

Anagrams of PAINTS

Words that use exactly the same letters.

Words you can make from PAINTS

The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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