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
- Scrabble
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 14
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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