Is PROHIBITIONS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PROHIBITIONS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PROHIBITIONS mean?
Prohibitions is a form of PROHIBITION.
- noun
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
“in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US”
- noun
a decree that prohibits something
- noun
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
- noun
refusal to approve or assent to
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
12
Letters
P (3) + R (1) + O (1) + H (4) + I (1) + B (3) + I (1) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) + S (1) = 19 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 PROHIBITIONS
PROHIBITIONS 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 PROHIBITIONS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- prohibition18
- prohibits16
- inhibitors15
- prohibit15
- inhibitor14
- inhibits13
- photinos13
- bishop13
- boorish12
- brinish12
- inhibit12
- photino12
- photons12
- poorish12
- hornitos11
- rhinitis11
- probits11
- bhoots11
- births11
- booths11
- borsht11
- briths11
- broths11
- phonos11
- photon11
- photos11
- pithoi11
- pithos11
- pothos11
- siphon11
- thorps11
- thrips11
- throbs11
- biotrons10
- inspirit10
- portions10
- position10
- positron10
- sorption10
- hornist10
- hornito10
- noirish10
- thorons10
- probit10
- bhoot10
- birth10
- bohos10
- booth10
- brith10
- broth10
- hobos10
- hoops10
- phono10
- phons10
- photo10
- phots10
- piths10
- poohs10
- thorp10
- thrip10
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