Is PLANETS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PLANETS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 9 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PLANETS mean?
Planets is a form of PLANET.
- noun
(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
- noun
a person who follows or serves another
- noun
any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
9
Scrabble
12
Words With Friends
7
Letters
P (3) + L (1) + A (1) + N (1) + E (1) + T (1) + S (1) = 9 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 PLANETS
PLANETS 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 PLANETS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from PLANETS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- platens9
- palest8
- palets8
- panels8
- pastel8
- patens8
- petals8
- planes8
- planet8
- plants8
- platen8
- plates8
- pleats8
- septal8
- splent8
- staple8
- tepals8
- aspen7
- lapse7
- leaps7
- leapt7
- lepta7
- napes7
- neaps7
- pales7
- palet7
- panel7
- panes7
- pants7
- paste7
- paten7
- pates7
- peals7
- peans7
- peats7
- pelts7
- penal7
- petal7
- plane7
- plans7
- plant7
- plate7
- plats7
- pleas7
- pleat7
- plena7
- salep7
- sepal7
- septa7
- slept7
- sneap7
- spale7
- spate7
- spean7
- spelt7
- spent7
- splat7
- tapes7
- tepal7
- tepas7
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