Is WASHABLES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, WASHABLES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does WASHABLES mean?
- noun
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
9
Letters
W (4) + A (1) + S (1) + H (4) + A (1) + B (3) + L (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 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 WASHABLES
WASHABLES 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 WASHABLES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- washable16
- bashaws15
- bashaw14
- abashes12
- halwas12
- hawses12
- shawls12
- washes12
- whales12
- wheals12
- bashes11
- awash11
- halwa11
- hawse11
- shawl11
- shaws11
- shews11
- shwas11
- swash11
- welsh11
- whale11
- wheal11
- abash10
- bawls10
- blahs10
- blaws10
- swabs10
- haws10
- hews10
- shaw10
- shew10
- shwa10
- waah10
- wash10
- balases9
- awless9
- hassel9
- hassle9
- lashes9
- selahs9
- shales9
- sheals9
- swales9
- bash9
- bawl9
- blah9
- blaw9
- blew9
- swab9
- wabs9
- webs9
- haw9
- hew9
- wha9
- abases8
- baases8
- balsas8
- sabals8
- sables8
- ashes8
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