Is TANTALISED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, TANTALISED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does TANTALISED mean?
Tantalised is a form of TANTALISE.
- verb
harass with persistent criticism or carping
“The children teased the new teacher”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
10
Letters
T (1) + A (1) + N (1) + T (1) + A (1) + L (1) + I (1) + S (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 11 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 TANTALISED
TANTALISED 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 TANTALISED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- dilatants10
- sanitated10
- tantalise9
- attained9
- dentalia9
- dilatant9
- dilatate9
- instated9
- satiated9
- astatine8
- atlantes8
- sanitate8
- aliased8
- ansated8
- attends8
- denials8
- dentals8
- dentils8
- dentist8
- destain8
- details8
- detains8
- dilates8
- distant8
- distent8
- instead8
- lanated8
- naiades8
- nidates8
- sainted8
- satined8
- slanted8
- slatted8
- slitted8
- snailed8
- stained8
- stilted8
- stinted8
- tainted8
- aetatis7
- attains7
- elastin7
- entails7
- entasia7
- instate7
- latents7
- latinas7
- lattens7
- lattins7
- nailset7
- salient7
- saltant7
- saltine7
- satiate7
- satinet7
- sealant7
- slainte7
- taenias7
- talents7
- tenails7
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