Is SANCTIFIED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SANCTIFIED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SANCTIFIED mean?
- adjective
made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
“a consecrated church”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
10
Letters
S (1) + A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + T (1) + I (1) + F (4) + I (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 16 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 SANCTIFIED
SANCTIFIED 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 SANCTIFIED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- disinfect15
- deficits14
- faciends14
- fanciest13
- deficit13
- faciend13
- fancied13
- fatidic13
- actinides12
- andesitic12
- indicates12
- fancies12
- fascine12
- fiances12
- infects12
- decafs12
- deific12
- actinide11
- ctenidia11
- danciest11
- distance11
- indicate11
- sciaenid11
- defiant11
- fadeins11
- fainted11
- fideist11
- facets11
- facies11
- fiance11
- ficins11
- fincas11
- fistic11
- infect11
- decaf11
- faced11
- canities10
- candies10
- dacites10
- decants10
- deistic10
- descant10
- diciest10
- discant10
- fainest10
- finites10
- identic10
- incased10
- incised10
- incited10
- indices10
- indicts10
- nifties10
- scanted10
- defats10
- fadein10
- fasted10
- fiends10
- fisted10
- sifted10
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