Is PRIVATEERS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PRIVATEERS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PRIVATEERS mean?
Privateers is a form of PRIVATEER.
- noun
an officer or crew member of a privateer
- noun
a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
P (3) + R (1) + I (1) + V (4) + A (1) + T (1) + E (1) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) = 15 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 PRIVATEERS
PRIVATEERS 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 PRIVATEERS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- privateer14
- perverts13
- perviest13
- preavers13
- privater13
- privates13
- arrestive12
- parvise12
- paviser12
- peavies12
- pervert12
- pervier12
- preaver12
- previse12
- private12
- privets12
- repaves12
- spaviet12
- averters11
- restrive11
- riveters11
- traverse11
- pareve11
- parvis11
- pavers11
- pavise11
- privet11
- repave11
- spavie11
- vapers11
- vesper11
- vipers11
- parietes10
- partiers10
- taperers10
- arrives10
- averter10
- raviest10
- reavers10
- reivers10
- restive10
- reverts10
- reviser10
- rievers10
- riveter10
- sievert10
- starver10
- striver10
- variers10
- vastier10
- veriest10
- veritas10
- verites10
- parve10
- paver10
- paves10
- pavis10
- pervs10
- vaper10
- vapes10
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