Is RESISTANCES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, RESISTANCES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does RESISTANCES mean?
Resistances is a form of RESISTANCE.
- noun
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
“he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens”
- noun
any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- noun
a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- noun
the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
“the enemy offered little resistance”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
11
Letters
R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + I (1) + S (1) + T (1) + A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + E (1) + S (1) = 13 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 RESISTANCES
RESISTANCES 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 RESISTANCES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- ancestress12
- ancestries12
- racinesses12
- resistance12
- scenarists12
- actresses11
- ancresses11
- asciteses11
- canisters11
- centiares11
- cineastes11
- cisternae11
- creasiest11
- creatines11
- ecstasies11
- increases11
- iterances11
- nectaries11
- reascents11
- sarcenets11
- scariness11
- scenarist11
- secretins11
- sectaries11
- sincerest11
- artinesses10
- arcsines10
- arsenics10
- canister10
- caresses10
- casernes10
- cassenes10
- cassines10
- cateress10
- centares10
- centesis10
- centiare10
- cerastes10
- ceratins10
- ceresins10
- cineaste10
- cineasts10
- cisterna10
- cisterns10
- crassest10
- creatine10
- creatins10
- cressets10
- enterics10
- enticers10
- increase10
- increate10
- iterance10
- narcists10
- raciness10
- reascent10
- reenacts10
- sacrists10
- sarcenet10
- scantier10
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