Is WATERLESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, WATERLESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does WATERLESS mean?
- adjective
lacking sufficient water or rainfall
“an arid climate”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
9
Letters
W (4) + A (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + L (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 12 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 WATERLESS
WATERLESS 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 WATERLESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- sweaters11
- swelters11
- warstles11
- wartless11
- wastrels11
- wrastles11
- wrestles11
- aweless10
- sweater10
- swelter10
- warless10
- warsles10
- warstle10
- wasters10
- wastrel10
- weasels10
- welters10
- westers10
- wrassle10
- wrastle10
- wrestle10
- awless9
- rawest9
- resaws9
- resews9
- rewets9
- sawers9
- seesaw9
- sewars9
- sewers9
- straws9
- strews9
- swales9
- swears9
- sweats9
- sweets9
- tawers9
- tawses9
- trawls9
- walers9
- warsle9
- waster9
- wastes9
- waters9
- weasel9
- welter9
- wester9
- wrasse9
- wrests9
- reslates8
- stealers8
- tearless8
- tesseral8
- ewers8
- resaw8
- resew8
- rewet8
- sawer8
- sewar8
- sewer8
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