Is THOUGHTLESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, THOUGHTLESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does THOUGHTLESS mean?
- adjective
showing lack of careful thought
“the debate turned into thoughtless bickering”
- adjective
without care or thought for others
“the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake'”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
11
Letters
T (1) + H (4) + O (1) + U (1) + G (2) + H (4) + T (1) + L (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 18 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 THOUGHTLESS
THOUGHTLESS 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 THOUGHTLESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- thoughts15
- sheughs14
- thought14
- heughs13
- sheugh13
- though13
- toughest12
- hushes12
- heugh12
- shuttles11
- ghettos11
- hoglets11
- sloughs11
- heths11
- shush11
- hostels10
- housels10
- hustles10
- lushest10
- shtetls10
- shuttle10
- sleuths10
- ghetto10
- ghosts10
- ghouls10
- gushes10
- hoglet10
- hugest10
- loughs10
- oughts10
- slough10
- soughs10
- sought10
- toughs10
- hehs10
- heth10
- hush10
- helots9
- hosels9
- hostel9
- hotels9
- housel9
- houses9
- hustle9
- lushes9
- sheols9
- shotes9
- shotts9
- shouts9
- shtetl9
- shutes9
- sleuth9
- sloths9
- souths9
- tholes9
- toshes9
- tushes9
- tusseh9
- ghost9
- ghoul9
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