Is PRESERVATIONS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PRESERVATIONS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PRESERVATIONS mean?
Preservations is a form of PRESERVATION.
- noun
the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
- noun
the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
- noun
a process that saves organic substances from decay
- noun
an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
13
Letters
P (3) + R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + E (1) + R (1) + V (4) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) + S (1) = 18 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 PRESERVATIONS
PRESERVATIONS 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 PRESERVATIONS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- preservation17
- overpraises16
- personative16
- perversions16
- privateness16
- reservations15
- evaporites15
- operatives15
- overpaints15
- overpraise15
- overprints15
- pervasions15
- perversion15
- privateers15
- protensive15
- resorptive15
- responsive15
- vaporisers15
- overstrains14
- reservation14
- aspersive14
- evaporite14
- operative14
- overpaint14
- overprint14
- overspent14
- overspins14
- oversteps14
- pervasion14
- poverties14
- previsors14
- privateer14
- vaporiser14
- vaporises14
- interposers13
- proteinases13
- enervators13
- invertases13
- overassert13
- overstrain13
- overtrains13
- reversions13
- sovranties13
- transverse13
- venerators13
- veratrines13
- overpass13
- overpast13
- overpert13
- overripe13
- overspin13
- overstep13
- overtips13
- parvises13
- passover13
- pavisers13
- perverts13
- perviest13
- preavers13
- prevents13
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