Is THOROUGHNESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, THOROUGHNESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does THOROUGHNESS mean?
- noun
conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
12
Letters
T (1) + H (4) + O (1) + R (1) + O (1) + U (1) + G (2) + H (4) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 19 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 THOROUGHNESS
THOROUGHNESS 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 THOROUGHNESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- hothouses15
- shoehorns15
- thorough15
- hothouse14
- shoehorn14
- thrushes14
- sheughs14
- through14
- roughness13
- toughness13
- shusher13
- heughs13
- sheugh13
- though13
- southerns12
- southrons12
- gunshots12
- hognoses12
- resought12
- roughens12
- roughest12
- shotguns12
- toughens12
- hushes12
- shoosh12
- thresh12
- thrush12
- heugh12
- huntress11
- onrushes11
- orthoses11
- outshone11
- reshoots11
- sheroots11
- shooters11
- shortens11
- shouters11
- shunters11
- soothers11
- southern11
- southers11
- southron11
- unhorses11
- enoughs11
- gorhens11
- gunshot11
- gurshes11
- gushers11
- hognose11
- hognuts11
- hungers11
- noughts11
- roughen11
- shoguns11
- shotgun11
- sorghos11
- throngs11
- toughen11
- tougher11
- troughs11
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