Is STANDISHES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, STANDISHES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does STANDISHES mean?
Standishes is a form of STANDISH.
- noun
English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
10
Letters
S (1) + T (1) + A (1) + N (1) + D (2) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + 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 STANDISHES
STANDISHES 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 STANDISHES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- handsiest13
- shadiness13
- hastiness12
- danishes12
- dashiest12
- handiest12
- handsets12
- shadiest12
- shandies12
- standish12
- anthesis11
- ashiness11
- hessians11
- shanties11
- sheitans11
- sthenias11
- handset11
- sandhis11
- stashed11
- staidness10
- ashiest10
- hastens10
- hessian10
- shantis10
- sheitan10
- shenais10
- sithens10
- snashes10
- snathes10
- stashes10
- sthenia10
- danish10
- dashes10
- dashis10
- deaths10
- deshis10
- dishes10
- endash10
- hanted10
- hasted10
- hinted10
- hissed10
- histed10
- sadhes10
- sandhi10
- sashed10
- shades10
- shends10
- shined10
- assisted9
- destains9
- disseats9
- dissents9
- sandiest9
- ashine9
- haints9
- hanses9
- hasten9
- hastes9
- heists9
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