Is VENTILATORY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, VENTILATORY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does VENTILATORY mean?
- adjective
provided with ventilation or involving pulmonary ventilation
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
11
Letters
V (4) + E (1) + N (1) + T (1) + I (1) + L (1) + A (1) + T (1) + O (1) + R (1) + Y (4) = 17 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 VENTILATORY
VENTILATORY 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 VENTILATORY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- rotatively16
- natively14
- vanitory14
- venality14
- ventilator13
- layover13
- naively13
- naivety13
- nervily13
- novelty13
- olivary13
- ovality13
- ovately13
- overlay13
- overtly13
- tantivy13
- variety13
- vilayet13
- virelay13
- levitator12
- trivalent12
- levity12
- livery12
- livyer12
- overly12
- vainly12
- vanity12
- verily12
- verity12
- vinery12
- volery12
- votary12
- alterity11
- attorney11
- interlay11
- interval11
- ornately11
- overlain11
- rotative11
- rottenly11
- tevatron11
- toiletry11
- tonality11
- violater11
- volitant11
- envoy11
- ivory11
- leavy11
- lovey11
- nervy11
- ovary11
- ravey11
- vealy11
- veiny11
- vinyl11
- anolyte10
- elytron10
- inertly10
- inlayer10
- irately10
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