Is TELEPHONISTS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, TELEPHONISTS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does TELEPHONISTS mean?
Telephonists is a form of TELEPHONIST.
- noun
someone who helps callers get the person they are calling
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
12
Letters
T (1) + E (1) + L (1) + E (1) + P (3) + H (4) + O (1) + N (1) + I (1) + S (1) + T (1) + S (1) = 17 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 TELEPHONISTS
TELEPHONISTS 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 TELEPHONISTS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- telephonist16
- phonetists15
- enophiles14
- heelposts14
- helistops14
- isopleths14
- lithopses14
- pestholes14
- phenetols14
- phonetist14
- plenishes14
- slipsheet14
- spleenish14
- teleshops14
- tholepins14
- tipsheets14
- enophile13
- epithets13
- heelpost13
- helistop13
- heptoses13
- hopeless13
- hoplites13
- isopleth13
- pesthole13
- phenetol13
- phoniest13
- pieholes13
- pinholes13
- pisshole13
- pithless13
- polishes13
- potheens13
- shitpost13
- steepish13
- teleshop13
- tholepin13
- tipsheet13
- plottiness12
- politeness12
- hessonite12
- holsteins12
- honestest12
- honesties12
- litheness12
- telethons12
- epithet12
- heptose12
- hipless12
- hipness12
- hoplite12
- lithops12
- ophites12
- pettish12
- phenols12
- phonies12
- piehole12
- pinhole12
- plenish12
- plinths12
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