Is PRIMITIVENESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PRIMITIVENESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 20 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PRIMITIVENESS mean?
- noun
a wild or unrefined state
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
20
Scrabble
24
Words With Friends
13
Letters
P (3) + R (1) + I (1) + M (3) + I (1) + T (1) + I (1) + V (4) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 20 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 PRIMITIVENESS
PRIMITIVENESS 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 PRIMITIVENESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- impressive17
- permissive17
- primitives17
- primitive16
- spinmeister15
- preinvites15
- presentism14
- misevents14
- preinvite14
- previsits14
- privities14
- remissive14
- inverities13
- emptiness13
- impieties13
- misprints13
- primeness13
- spermines13
- spiritism13
- emissive13
- minivers13
- misevent13
- perviest13
- prevents13
- previses13
- previsit13
- priviest13
- viperine13
- miniseries12
- ministries12
- misentries12
- reinvests12
- reinvites12
- resistive12
- sensitive12
- sirventes12
- emprises12
- emptiers12
- impreses12
- imprests12
- imprints12
- misprint12
- misspent12
- pietisms12
- pismires12
- premises12
- pressmen12
- primines12
- primness12
- septimes12
- spermine12
- spiremes12
- miniver12
- missive12
- pensive12
- prevent12
- previse12
- privets12
- privies12
- verisms12
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