Is TELEPHONES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, TELEPHONES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does TELEPHONES mean?
Telephones is a form of TELEPHONE.
- noun
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
“I talked to him on the telephone”
- verb
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
“I tried to call you all night”
- noun
transmitting speech at a distance
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
T (1) + E (1) + L (1) + E (1) + P (3) + H (4) + O (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 15 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 TELEPHONES
TELEPHONES 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.
Anagrams of TELEPHONES
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from TELEPHONES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- phenetoles15
- phenetole14
- phenetols14
- telephone14
- heelpost13
- pesthole13
- phenetol13
- potheens13
- teleshop13
- heptose12
- phenols12
- potheen12
- sheeple12
- holpen11
- phenol11
- phones11
- sphene11
- tophes11
- ethenes10
- helps10
- hopes10
- pheos10
- phone10
- phons10
- phots10
- sheep10
- shlep10
- thesp10
- tophe10
- tophs10
- leptons9
- openest9
- pentose9
- posteen9
- poteens9
- steepen9
- steeple9
- ethene9
- ethnos9
- helots9
- honest9
- hostel9
- hotels9
- lethes9
- seethe9
- tholes9
- help9
- heps9
- holp9
- hope9
- hops9
- pehs9
- pheo9
- phon9
- phos9
- phot9
- posh9
- shop9
- soph9
- toph9
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