Is WEEKENDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, WEEKENDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does WEEKENDS mean?
Weekends is a form of WEEKEND.
- noun
a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday
- verb
spend the weekend
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
8
Letters
W (4) + E (1) + E (1) + K (5) + E (1) + N (1) + D (2) + 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 WEEKENDS
WEEKENDS 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 WEEKENDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- weekend15
- skewed14
- weeks12
- keened11
- knew11
- skew11
- week11
- weened10
- dekes10
- kneed10
- skeed10
- keens9
- knees9
- sewed9
- skeen9
- skene9
- swede9
- weeds9
- wends9
- deke9
- desk9
- eked9
- sked9
- weens8
- dews8
- ekes8
- keen8
- kens8
- knee8
- seek8
- skee8
- weds8
- weed8
- wend8
- eeew7
- ewes7
- news7
- sewn7
- ween7
- wees7
- wens7
- dew7
- eek7
- eke7
- ken7
- wed7
- denes6
- dense6
- needs6
- eew6
- ewe6
- new6
- sew6
- wee6
- wen6
- dees5
- dene5
- dens5
- ends5
- need5
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