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
9
Scrabble
11
Words With Friends
7
Letters
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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