Is SLANTWISE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SLANTWISE is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SLANTWISE mean?
- adverb
at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
9
Letters
S (1) + L (1) + A (1) + N (1) + T (1) + W (4) + I (1) + S (1) + E (1) = 12 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 SLANTWISE
SLANTWISE 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 SLANTWISE
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- awnless10
- lawines10
- tawnies10
- waliest10
- waniest10
- winless10
- wintles10
- wisents10
- witless10
- witness10
- awless9
- lawine9
- sewans9
- sinews9
- swails9
- swains9
- swales9
- sweats9
- swiles9
- swines9
- tawses9
- twains9
- twines9
- waists9
- walies9
- wastes9
- wintle9
- wisent9
- wisest9
- witans9
- elastins8
- nailsets8
- salients8
- saltines8
- lawns8
- lewis8
- lweis8
- newts8
- sewan8
- sinew8
- slaws8
- slews8
- snaws8
- stews8
- swail8
- swain8
- swale8
- swans8
- swats8
- sweat8
- swile8
- swine8
- tawie8
- tawse8
- twaes8
- twain8
- twine8
- twins8
- wails8
- wains8
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