Is ROYALTIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ROYALTIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ROYALTIES mean?
Royalties is a form of ROYALTY.
- noun
payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
“he received royalties on his book”
- noun
royal persons collectively
“the wedding was attended by royalty”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 9
R (1) + O (1) + Y (4) + A (1) + L (1) + T (1) + I (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 12 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 ROYALTIES
ROYALTIES 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 ROYALTIES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- royalist11
- solitary11
- irately10
- orality10
- ostiary10
- reality10
- saltery10
- tearily10
- trysail10
- aerily9
- aliyos9
- aliyot9
- artily9
- easily9
- elytra9
- estray9
- layers9
- lyrate9
- lyrist9
- lysate9
- oyster9
- realty9
- relays9
- riyals9
- rosily9
- rotely9
- royals9
- slatey9
- slayer9
- sorely9
- stayer9
- storey9
- stylar9
- styler9
- toyers9
- yarest9
- artsy8
- aryls8
- early8
- eyras8
- lairy8
- laity8
- layer8
- leary8
- lyart8
- lyase8
- lyres8
- oyers8
- relay8
- resay8
- riley8
- riyal8
- roily8
- royal8
- ryots8
- salty8
- satyr8
- sayer8
- silty8
- slaty8
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