Is SOUTHERNS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SOUTHERNS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SOUTHERNS mean?
Southerns is a form of SOUTHERN.
- adjective
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
“southern hospitality”
- adjective
situated in or oriented toward the south
“a southern exposure”
- adjective
situated in or coming from regions of the south
“the southern hemisphere”
- adjective
from the south; used especially of wind
“a hot southerly wind”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
9
Letters
S (1) + O (1) + U (1) + T (1) + H (4) + E (1) + R (1) + N (1) + S (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 SOUTHERNS
SOUTHERNS 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 SOUTHERNS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- huntress11
- onrushes11
- shortens11
- shouters11
- shunters11
- southern11
- southers11
- unhorses11
- hornets10
- horstes10
- hotness10
- housers10
- hunters10
- noshers10
- senhors10
- shorten10
- shouter10
- shunter10
- souther10
- thrones10
- unhorse10
- ethnos9
- herons9
- honers9
- honest9
- hornet9
- horses9
- horste9
- horsts9
- hosers9
- houser9
- houses9
- hunter9
- hursts9
- norths9
- nosher9
- noshes9
- nother9
- onrush9
- others9
- reshot9
- rhesus9
- rhuses9
- rouths9
- rushes9
- senhor9
- shoers9
- shores9
- shorts9
- shotes9
- shouts9
- shunts9
- shutes9
- souths9
- thorns9
- throes9
- throne9
- toshes9
- tushes9
- tusseh9
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