Is PERSONNELS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PERSONNELS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PERSONNELS mean?
Personnels is a form of PERSONNEL.
- noun
group of people willing to obey orders
“a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens”
- noun
the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
10
Letters
P (3) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) + O (1) + N (1) + N (1) + E (1) + L (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 PERSONNELS
PERSONNELS 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 PERSONNELS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- personnel11
- proneness11
- openness10
- response10
- elopers9
- leprose9
- openers9
- penners9
- pereons9
- persons9
- plessor9
- reopens9
- reposes9
- slopers9
- spleens9
- splores9
- loneness8
- lornness8
- eloper8
- elopes8
- eposes8
- lepers8
- lopers8
- opener8
- penner8
- pennes8
- peones8
- pereon8
- perses8
- person8
- pleons8
- polers8
- posers8
- preens8
- proles8
- prones8
- proses8
- reopen8
- repels8
- repose8
- sleeps8
- sloper8
- slopes8
- speels8
- speers8
- spense8
- spleen8
- splore8
- spores8
- sprees8
- nelsons7
- oneness7
- resoles7
- ronnels7
- senores7
- elope7
- leper7
- loper7
- lopes7
- neeps7
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