Is TENABLENESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, TENABLENESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does TENABLENESS mean?
- noun
the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
“he questioned the tenability of my claims”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
11
Letters
T (1) + E (1) + N (1) + A (1) + B (3) + L (1) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 13 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 TENABLENESS
TENABLENESS 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 TENABLENESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- absentees11
- absentee10
- beatless10
- nestable10
- selenates9
- absents9
- baleens9
- bannets9
- beetles9
- bennets9
- enables9
- sablest9
- seeable9
- stables9
- tabeses9
- tenable9
- lateness8
- leanness8
- neatness8
- selenate8
- abeles8
- ablest8
- absent8
- baleen8
- bannet8
- basest8
- basset8
- bastes8
- beasts8
- beaten8
- beetle8
- bennes8
- bennet8
- besets8
- betels8
- blasts8
- bleats8
- enable8
- lebens8
- sables8
- stable8
- tables8
- entases7
- lateens7
- leanest7
- neatens7
- nestles7
- netless7
- sateens7
- senates7
- sennets7
- sensate7
- stelene7
- teasels7
- teleses7
- abele7
- abets7
- ables7
- bales7
- banes7
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