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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

13

Scrabble

12

Words With Friends

6

Letters

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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