Is PARENTLESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PARENTLESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PARENTLESS mean?
- adjective
having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
10
Letters
P (3) + A (1) + R (1) + E (1) + N (1) + T (1) + L (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 12 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 PARENTLESS
PARENTLESS 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 PARENTLESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- peartness11
- paleness10
- paneless10
- pasterns10
- pensters10
- persalts10
- pertness10
- petrales10
- planters10
- plasters10
- pleasers10
- pleaters10
- prelates10
- presales10
- presents10
- psalters10
- raptness10
- relapses10
- repanels10
- replants10
- replates10
- serpents10
- spelters10
- staplers10
- tapeless10
- trapeses10
- alertness9
- aptness9
- arpents9
- asperse9
- elapses9
- entraps9
- epaters9
- lapsers9
- leapers9
- napless9
- nepetas9
- palters9
- paneers9
- pantses9
- parents9
- pareses9
- pastels9
- pastern9
- pasters9
- patness9
- pelters9
- penates9
- penster9
- persalt9
- pesetas9
- pesters9
- pestles9
- petrale9
- petrels9
- planers9
- planets9
- planter9
- plaster9
- platens9
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