Is RECREANTS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, RECREANTS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does RECREANTS mean?
Recreants is a form of RECREANT.
- noun
an abject coward
- noun
a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- adjective
having deserted a cause or principle
“some provinces had proved recreant”
- adjective
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
“the craven fellow turned and ran”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
9
Letters
R (1) + E (1) + C (3) + R (1) + E (1) + A (1) + N (1) + T (1) + S (1) = 11 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 RECREANTS
RECREANTS 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.
Anagrams of RECREANTS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from RECREANTS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- recanters11
- caterers10
- centares10
- reascent10
- recanter10
- recrates10
- recreant10
- reenacts10
- retraces10
- sarcenet10
- terraces10
- canters9
- careens9
- careers9
- carnets9
- carters9
- caserne9
- caterer9
- centare9
- centers9
- centres9
- cerates9
- cetanes9
- craters9
- creaser9
- creates9
- crenate9
- ecartes9
- nectars9
- recanes9
- recants9
- recrate9
- reenact9
- retrace9
- scanter9
- tanrecs9
- tenaces9
- tenrecs9
- terrace9
- tracers9
- trances9
- terranes8
- ascent8
- caners8
- canter8
- careen8
- career8
- carers8
- carets8
- carnet8
- carter8
- cartes8
- casern8
- caster8
- caters8
- censer8
- centas8
- center8
- centra8
- centre8
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