Is UNDERSECRETARY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, UNDERSECRETARY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 20 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does UNDERSECRETARY mean?
- noun
a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
20
Scrabble
22
Words With Friends
14
Letters
U (1) + N (1) + D (2) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) + E (1) + C (3) + R (1) + E (1) + T (1) + A (1) + R (1) + Y (4) = 20 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 UNDERSECRETARY
UNDERSECRETARY 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 UNDERSECRETARY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- curtseyed15
- redcurrants14
- resurrected14
- underreacts14
- secretary14
- custardy14
- decayers14
- decenary14
- encysted14
- desecrater13
- redcurrant13
- reeducates13
- transducer13
- underreact13
- sedentary13
- ancestry13
- centaury13
- ardency13
- decayer13
- crenatures12
- antecedes12
- decanters12
- decenters12
- decentres12
- decurrent12
- descanter12
- desecrate12
- encrusted12
- recreated12
- reductase12
- reeducate12
- reenacted12
- resecured12
- traducers12
- transduce12
- uncatered12
- uncreated12
- underacts12
- unscarred12
- andesyte12
- estrayed12
- reynards12
- unstayed12
- unsteady12
- yearends12
- carneys12
- cautery12
- century12
- curtesy12
- curtsey12
- errancy12
- eustacy12
- nectary12
- recarry12
- scenery12
- sectary12
- tracery12
- truancy12
- cedary12
- cyders12
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