Is TILEFISHES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, TILEFISHES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does TILEFISHES mean?
Tilefishes is a form of TILEFISH.
- noun
important marine food fishes
- noun
yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
10
Letters
T (1) + I (1) + L (1) + E (1) + F (4) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + E (1) + S (1) = 16 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 TILEFISHES
TILEFISHES 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 TILEFISHES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- fetishise15
- fleshiest15
- fetishes14
- fishiest14
- tilefish14
- fleshes13
- hisself13
- leftish13
- selfish13
- elfish12
- fetish12
- filths12
- fishes12
- shifts12
- felsites11
- sheitels11
- shelties11
- filth11
- flesh11
- hefts11
- shelf11
- shift11
- thief11
- felsite10
- fissile10
- hessite10
- hitless10
- lefties10
- liefest10
- selfies10
- sheitel10
- sheltie10
- stifles10
- fehs10
- fish10
- heft10
- feists9
- filets9
- fleets9
- fliest9
- flites9
- heists9
- itself9
- leftie9
- lethes9
- selfie9
- sheets9
- shiels9
- shiest9
- shites9
- stifle9
- theses9
- thesis9
- feh9
- feels8
- feist8
- felts8
- fesse8
- fests8
- fetes8
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