Is SACRIFICES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SACRIFICES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SACRIFICES mean?
Sacrifices is a form of SACRIFICE.
- verb
endure the loss of
“He gave his life for his children”
- noun
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- noun
personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- verb
kill or destroy
“The animals were sacrificed after the experiment”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
S (1) + A (1) + C (3) + R (1) + I (1) + F (4) + I (1) + C (3) + E (1) + S (1) = 17 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 SACRIFICES
SACRIFICES 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 SACRIFICES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- sacrifice16
- scarifies14
- farcies12
- fiacres12
- sferics12
- carices11
- facers11
- facies11
- farces11
- farcie11
- fasces11
- fiacre11
- scarfs11
- fairies10
- fraises10
- access10
- caseic10
- cercis10
- crisic10
- scarce10
- cafes10
- facer10
- faces10
- farce10
- farci10
- fices10
- fiscs10
- scarf10
- ferias9
- fraise9
- frises9
- serifs9
- cerci9
- ceric9
- circa9
- circs9
- cafe9
- cafs9
- face9
- fice9
- fisc9
- caress8
- caries8
- carses8
- cerias8
- crases8
- crasis8
- crises8
- crisis8
- crissa8
- ericas8
- escars8
- saices8
- scares8
- scries8
- seracs8
- afire8
- fairs8
- fares8
- fears8
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