Is RECIDIVISTS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, RECIDIVISTS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does RECIDIVISTS mean?
Recidivists is a form of RECIDIVIST.
- noun
someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
- noun
someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
11
Letters
R (1) + E (1) + C (3) + I (1) + D (2) + I (1) + V (4) + I (1) + S (1) + T (1) + S (1) = 17 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 RECIDIVISTS
RECIDIVISTS 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 RECIDIVISTS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- recidivist16
- viricides15
- verdicts14
- viricide14
- veristic13
- victress13
- cervids13
- scrived13
- verdict13
- veridic13
- sideritic12
- scrives12
- vitrics12
- cervid12
- viscid12
- revisits11
- visiters11
- diverts11
- divests11
- strived11
- visited11
- civets11
- civies11
- evicts11
- scrive11
- vitric11
- viced11
- eristics10
- credits10
- deistic10
- diciest10
- dictier10
- directs10
- dissect10
- revisit10
- stivers10
- strives10
- verists10
- visiter10
- divers10
- divert10
- divest10
- drives10
- civet10
- civie10
- evict10
- vices10
- iritides9
- eristic9
- ciders9
- cisted9
- citied9
- credit9
- dicers9
- dicier9
- direct9
- edicts9
- iridic9
- rivets9
- scried9
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