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Is SHTIKS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, SHTIKS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does SHTIKS mean?

Shtiks is a form of SHTIK.

  1. noun

    (Yiddish) a little; a piece

    “give him a shtik cake”

  2. noun

    (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention

    “play it straight with no shtik”

  3. noun

    (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning

    “his shtik made us laugh”

  4. noun

    (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating

    “how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6

S (1) + H (4) + T (1) + I (1) + K (5) + S (1) = 13 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 SHTIKS

SHTIKS 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 SHTIKS

The 40 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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