Is VENTRICOSE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, VENTRICOSE is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does VENTRICOSE mean?
- adjective
having a swelling on one side
“the ventricose gullet of an insect”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
10
Letters
V (4) + E (1) + N (1) + T (1) + R (1) + I (1) + C (3) + O (1) + S (1) + E (1) = 15 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 VENTRICOSE
VENTRICOSE 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 VENTRICOSE
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- contrives14
- coversine14
- evections14
- vectorise14
- virescent14
- coinvest13
- conserve13
- contrive13
- converse13
- converts13
- coveters13
- evection13
- evictors13
- orective13
- overnice13
- revoices13
- vertices13
- vortices13
- cervine12
- convert12
- corvees12
- corvets12
- corvine12
- costive12
- coverts12
- coveter12
- covines12
- evictor12
- evinces12
- novices12
- revoice12
- scrieve12
- service12
- vectors12
- victors12
- voicers12
- erections11
- necrotise11
- neoterics11
- resection11
- secretion11
- eversion11
- investor11
- nerviest11
- reinvest11
- sirvente11
- civets11
- corvee11
- corves11
- corvet11
- covens11
- covers11
- covert11
- covets11
- covine11
- covins11
- evicts11
- evince11
- novice11
- scrive11
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