Is PATIENCES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PATIENCES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PATIENCES mean?
Patiences is a form of PATIENCE.
- noun
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- noun
a card game played by one person
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
9
Letters
P (3) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + E (1) + N (1) + C (3) + E (1) + S (1) = 13 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 PATIENCES
PATIENCES 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 PATIENCES
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from PATIENCES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- patencies13
- patience12
- pectines12
- sapience12
- speciate12
- aseptic11
- catnips11
- incepts11
- inscape11
- inspect11
- paciest11
- pectase11
- pectens11
- pectins11
- picante11
- spicate11
- cineaste10
- apices10
- apiece10
- apneic10
- aspect10
- catnip10
- epacts10
- escape10
- incept10
- panics10
- peaces10
- pecans10
- pecten10
- pectin10
- pieces10
- septic10
- specie10
- spence10
- spicae10
- acetins9
- cetanes9
- cineast9
- entices9
- nepetas9
- panties9
- patines9
- penates9
- sapient9
- spinate9
- tenaces9
- aspic9
- capes9
- cepes9
- epact9
- epics9
- paces9
- pacts9
- panic9
- peace9
- pecan9
- pence9
- picas9
- piece9
- scape9
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