Is PERISHABLES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PERISHABLES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PERISHABLES mean?
Perishables is a form of PERISHABLE.
- noun
food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated
- adjective
liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
“this minute and perishable planet”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
11
Letters
P (3) + E (1) + R (1) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + A (1) + B (3) + L (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 18 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 PERISHABLES
PERISHABLES 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 PERISHABLES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- perishable17
- apheresis14
- earlships14
- pharisees14
- shapelier14
- splashier14
- earlship13
- harelips13
- herbless13
- hireable13
- parishes13
- perishes13
- pharisee13
- pheresis13
- plashers13
- plashier13
- reshapes13
- sharpies13
- splasher13
- ephebi13
- passible12
- prebless12
- apheses12
- aphesis12
- bashers12
- bearish12
- brashes12
- hapless12
- harelip12
- harpies12
- heapers12
- helpers12
- herbals12
- hipless12
- hirable12
- hirples12
- phasers12
- phrases12
- pishers12
- plasher12
- plashes12
- raspish12
- reshape12
- reships12
- seraphs12
- shapers12
- sharpie12
- sherpas12
- spahees12
- spheral12
- spheres12
- abseilers11
- espaliers11
- hairless11
- heirless11
- relishes11
- beleaps11
- alephs11
- aspish11
- basher11
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