Is THICKENINGS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, THICKENINGS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 21 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does THICKENINGS mean?
Thickenings is a form of THICKENING.
- adjective
accumulating and becoming more intense
“the deepening gloom”
- noun
any material used to thicken
“starch is used in cooking as a thickening”
- noun
any thickened enlargement
- noun
the act of thickening
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
21
Scrabble
24
Words With Friends
11
Letters
T (1) + H (4) + I (1) + C (3) + K (5) + E (1) + N (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) + S (1) = 21 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 THICKENINGS
THICKENINGS 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 THICKENINGS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- thickening20
- sketching19
- chinkiest18
- chinking18
- thinkings17
- kitchens17
- thickens17
- sickening16
- thinking16
- hickest16
- hickies16
- kitchen16
- thicken16
- snitching15
- hinkiest15
- neckings15
- snicking15
- sticking15
- tickings15
- kithing15
- knights15
- chinks15
- hickie15
- kitsch15
- schtik15
- shtick15
- sketch15
- thicks15
- chinsing14
- etchings14
- itchings14
- kinetics14
- necking14
- nicking14
- sicking14
- ticking14
- hiking14
- knight14
- skeigh14
- chink14
- hecks14
- hicks14
- kench14
- ketch14
- thick14
- ichnites13
- skeining13
- stinking13
- chining13
- ekistic13
- etching13
- ginches13
- gitches13
- ickiest13
- inching13
- itching13
- kinesic13
- kinetic13
- niching13
- stickie13
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