Is RESPONSIVENESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, RESPONSIVENESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does RESPONSIVENESS mean?
- noun
responsive to stimulation
- noun
the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
14
Letters
R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + P (3) + O (1) + N (1) + S (1) + I (1) + V (4) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (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 RESPONSIVENESS
RESPONSIVENESS 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 RESPONSIVENESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- pensiveness16
- possessive15
- responsive15
- erosiveness14
- invernesses14
- nervinesses14
- overspins14
- pronenesses13
- prosinesses13
- overspin13
- previses13
- opennesses12
- pensioners12
- ripenesses12
- ropinesses12
- eversions12
- inverness12
- nerviness12
- pensive12
- previse12
- vespers12
- vespine12
- espressos11
- isoprenes11
- neoprenes11
- pensioner11
- pensiones11
- perniones11
- proneness11
- prosiness11
- repossess11
- responses11
- environs11
- evenness11
- eversion11
- innerves11
- inverses11
- nervines11
- overseen11
- oversees11
- severies11
- venenose11
- veneries11
- venisons11
- versines11
- versions11
- peeves11
- pervos11
- proven11
- proves11
- vesper11
- vipers11
- ironnesses10
- nosinesses10
- rosinesses10
- sorenesses10
- erepsins10
- espresso10
- isoprene10
- neoprene10
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