Is VIGILANCES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, VIGILANCES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does VIGILANCES mean?
Vigilances is a form of VIGILANCE.
- noun
the process of paying close and continuous attention
“wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter”
- noun
vigilant attentiveness
“he keeps a weather eye open for trouble”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
10
Letters
V (4) + I (1) + G (2) + I (1) + L (1) + A (1) + N (1) + C (3) + E (1) + S (1) = 16 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 VIGILANCES
VIGILANCES 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 VIGILANCES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- vicinages15
- vigilance15
- caviling14
- cleaving14
- vicinage14
- calving13
- cavings13
- anglicise12
- leavings12
- sleaving12
- veilings12
- clivias12
- vesical12
- vicinal12
- caving12
- vicing12
- ceilings11
- glaives11
- leaving11
- livings11
- salving11
- sieving11
- slaving11
- vailing11
- vealing11
- veiling11
- vialing11
- visaing11
- viseing11
- calves11
- cavies11
- cavils11
- civies11
- claves11
- clevis11
- clivia11
- vesica11
- vincas11
- salicine10
- alevins10
- angelic10
- anglice10
- ceasing10
- ceiling10
- galenic10
- glances10
- incages10
- lacings10
- scaling10
- slicing10
- valines10
- ganevs10
- gavels10
- givens10
- glaive10
- laving10
- living10
- saving10
- vagile10
- vegans10
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