Is PERTINACITIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PERTINACITIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PERTINACITIES mean?
Pertinacities is a form of PERTINACITY.
- noun
persistent determination
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
13
Letters
P (3) + E (1) + R (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + A (1) + C (3) + I (1) + T (1) + I (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 17 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 PERTINACITIES
PERTINACITIES 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 PERTINACITIES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- antiseptic14
- crepitates14
- intercepts14
- interspace14
- psittacine14
- recipients14
- certainties13
- itineracies13
- paternities13
- crepitant13
- crepitate13
- epicentra13
- epinastic13
- epistatic13
- intercept13
- patencies13
- patiences13
- patristic13
- pectinate13
- pianistic13
- pietistic13
- pittances13
- precisian13
- preenacts13
- prentices13
- prescient13
- recipient13
- reinspect13
- sincipita13
- certainest12
- inartistic12
- intercaste12
- interstice12
- septenarii12
- tenacities12
- cantrips12
- crepiest12
- crispate12
- incipits12
- paretics12
- patience12
- pectates12
- pectines12
- percents12
- picrates12
- picrites12
- piracies12
- piscinae12
- pittance12
- practise12
- precents12
- preenact12
- prentice12
- priciest12
- receipts12
- sapience12
- speciate12
- spectate12
- terpenic12
- tipcarts12
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