Is VORTICES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, VORTICES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does VORTICES mean?
Vortices is a form of VORTEX.
- noun
the shape of something rotating rapidly
- noun
a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
8
Letters
V (4) + O (1) + R (1) + T (1) + I (1) + C (3) + E (1) + S (1) = 13 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 VORTICES
VORTICES 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 VORTICES
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from VORTICES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- evictors13
- corvets12
- costive12
- coverts12
- evictor12
- vectors12
- victors12
- voicers12
- civets11
- corves11
- corvet11
- covers11
- covert11
- covets11
- evicts11
- scrive11
- vector11
- victor11
- voicer11
- voices11
- civet10
- cover10
- coves10
- covet10
- evict10
- vices10
- voces10
- voice10
- erotics9
- rivets9
- soviet9
- stiver9
- stover9
- strive9
- strove9
- troves9
- verist9
- vireos9
- voters9
- cove9
- vice9
- cestoi8
- citers8
- corset8
- cosier8
- coster8
- erotic8
- escort8
- recits8
- rectos8
- scoter8
- sector8
- steric8
- torics8
- trices8
- overs8
- overt8
- rives8
- rivet8
- roves8
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