Is RESIDENTS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, RESIDENTS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 10 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does RESIDENTS mean?
Residents is a form of RESIDENT.
- noun
someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
- adjective
living in a particular place
“resident aliens”
- adjective
used of animals that do not migrate
- noun
a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
“the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
10
Scrabble
11
Words With Friends
9
Letters
R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + I (1) + D (2) + E (1) + N (1) + T (1) + S (1) = 10 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 RESIDENTS
Single letters that turn RESIDENTS into another valid word in US Scrabble. Hooks let you extend a word already on the board.
Front hooks1
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of RESIDENTS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from RESIDENTS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- dissenter10
- tiredness10
- destines9
- diesters9
- direness9
- editress9
- inserted9
- nerdiest9
- resident9
- resisted9
- sintered9
- sistered9
- trendies9
- sentries8
- deniers8
- densest8
- deserts8
- desires8
- dessert8
- destine8
- diester8
- dieters8
- dissent8
- dissert8
- endites8
- nereids8
- redness8
- reedits8
- resends8
- resides8
- resined8
- resited8
- senders8
- snidest8
- sterned8
- strides8
- tenders8
- tinders8
- tressed8
- entires7
- entries7
- estrins7
- inserts7
- nesters7
- renests7
- resents7
- resites7
- retines7
- seiners7
- sereins7
- serines7
- sestine7
- sinters7
- strines7
- trienes7
- deists7
- denier7
- denies7
- denser7
- desert7
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