Is PESHMERGAS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PESHMERGAS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PESHMERGAS mean?
Peshmergas is a form of PESHMERGA.
- noun
a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
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Words With Friends
10
Letters
P (3) + E (1) + S (1) + H (4) + M (3) + E (1) + R (1) + G (2) + A (1) + S (1) = 18 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsNot listed
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 PESHMERGAS
PESHMERGAS 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 PESHMERGAS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- graphemes17
- peshmerga17
- grapheme16
- emphases15
- hampers14
- pregames13
- reshapes13
- hamper13
- pashms13
- apheses12
- hareems12
- heapers12
- marshes12
- mashers12
- phasers12
- phrases12
- pregame12
- reshape12
- seraphs12
- shapers12
- sherpas12
- shmears12
- shmeers12
- smasher12
- spahees12
- spheres12
- graphs12
- phages12
- hemps12
- pashm12
- asperges11
- presages11
- amperes11
- empress11
- gramps11
- hareem11
- harems11
- heaper11
- hermae11
- herpes11
- masher11
- mashes11
- meshes11
- pashes11
- phaser11
- phases11
- phrase11
- raphes11
- rehems11
- rhemes11
- seraph11
- shames11
- shaper11
- shapes11
- sharps11
- sherpa11
- shmear11
- shmeer11
- spahee11
- sphere11
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