Is SECONDARIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SECONDARIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SECONDARIES mean?
Secondaries is a form of SECONDARY.
- adjective
being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
“the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher”
- noun
the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
- noun
coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
- adjective
inferior in rank or status
“the junior faculty”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
11
Letters
S (1) + E (1) + C (3) + O (1) + N (1) + D (2) + A (1) + R (1) + I (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 14 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 SECONDARIES
SECONDARIES 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 SECONDARIES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- deaconries13
- sarcodines13
- acridness12
- ardencies12
- ascenders12
- coarsened12
- considers12
- deaconess12
- deracines12
- diocesans12
- endosarcs12
- idocrases12
- increased12
- incrossed12
- oceanside12
- reascends12
- sarcodine12
- seconders12
- increases11
- recession11
- scenarios11
- acidness11
- acidoses11
- ascender11
- caressed11
- censored11
- codeinas11
- codeines11
- consider11
- deciares11
- deracine11
- descries11
- diocesan11
- dioceses11
- discerns11
- encoders11
- endosarc11
- idocrase11
- necrosed11
- reascend11
- recoined11
- rescinds11
- sarcoids11
- sardonic11
- seconder11
- secondes11
- sidecars11
- anodisers10
- arsenides10
- indorsees10
- nearsides10
- readiness10
- arcsines10
- arsenics10
- casernes10
- ceresins10
- coarsens10
- increase10
- narcoses10
- narcosis10
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