Is TENACIOUSNESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, TENACIOUSNESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does TENACIOUSNESSES mean?
Tenaciousnesses is a form of TENACIOUSNESS.
- noun
persistent determination
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
15
Letters
T (1) + E (1) + N (1) + A (1) + C (3) + I (1) + O (1) + U (1) + S (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (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 TENACIOUSNESSES
TENACIOUSNESSES 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 TENACIOUSNESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- tenaciousness15
- cutesinesses14
- scantinesses14
- acutenesses13
- consensuses13
- necessitous13
- saucinesses13
- scantnesses13
- sustenances13
- uneasinesses12
- ascensions12
- canonesses12
- cessations12
- cosinesses12
- countesses12
- cutenesses12
- cutesiness12
- enunciates12
- nicenesses12
- scantiness12
- secessions12
- sentiences12
- sustenance12
- antsinesses11
- nastinesses11
- stoninesses11
- acuteness11
- ascension11
- asciteses11
- caestuses11
- canoeists11
- canonises11
- canonists11
- cessation11
- cineastes11
- coassists11
- consensus11
- contessas11
- continues11
- countians11
- ecstasies11
- enactions11
- enceintes11
- enunciate11
- eustacies11
- incessant11
- instances11
- issuances11
- nescients11
- neustonic11
- notecases11
- nuisances11
- sanctions11
- sauciness11
- scansions11
- scantness11
- seascouts11
- secession11
- seicentos11
- senescent11
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