Is TREPANS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, TREPANS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 9 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does TREPANS mean?
Trepans is a form of TREPAN.
- noun
a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
- noun
a drill for cutting circular holes around a center
- verb
cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
T (1) + R (1) + E (1) + P (3) + A (1) + N (1) + S (1) = 9 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 TREPANS
TREPANS 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.
Anagrams of TREPANS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from TREPANS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- arpents9
- entraps9
- parents9
- pastern9
- arpens8
- arpent8
- enrapt8
- entrap8
- parens8
- parent8
- paster8
- patens8
- paters8
- prates8
- repast8
- sprent8
- tapers8
- trapes8
- trepan8
- apers7
- apres7
- apter7
- arpen7
- aspen7
- asper7
- napes7
- neaps7
- panes7
- pants7
- paren7
- pares7
- parse7
- parts7
- paste7
- paten7
- pater7
- pates7
- peans7
- pears7
- peart7
- peats7
- prase7
- prate7
- prats7
- presa7
- prest7
- rapes7
- reaps7
- septa7
- sneap7
- spare7
- spate7
- spean7
- spear7
- spent7
- sprat7
- strap7
- strep7
- taper7
- tapes7
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