Is PLICATIONS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PLICATIONS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PLICATIONS mean?
Plications is a form of PLICATION.
- noun
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
“a fold in the napkin”
- noun
the act of folding in parallel folds
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
10
Letters
P (3) + L (1) + I (1) + C (3) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) + S (1) = 14 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 PLICATIONS
PLICATIONS 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 PLICATIONS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- cisplatin13
- opticians13
- plication13
- capitols12
- captions12
- cipolins12
- coalpits12
- colpitis12
- optician12
- pactions12
- picolins12
- piscinal12
- platinic12
- platonic12
- politics12
- psilocin12
- psilotic12
- salpicon12
- topicals12
- aplitic11
- capitol11
- caplins11
- caption11
- catnips11
- cipolin11
- coalpit11
- inclasp11
- inclips11
- optical11
- paction11
- picolin11
- piscina11
- plastic11
- politic11
- psionic11
- psoatic11
- topical11
- alpinist10
- altcoins10
- antislip10
- colistin10
- pinitols10
- pintails10
- tailspin10
- atopic10
- caplin10
- capons10
- capots10
- catnip10
- claspt10
- coapts10
- copals10
- inclip10
- optics10
- panics10
- pianic10
- picots10
- pionic10
- plicas10
- topics10
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