Is WHALERS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, WHALERS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does WHALERS mean?
Whalers is a form of WHALER.
- noun
a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
- noun
a ship engaged in whale fishing
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
7
Letters
W (4) + H (4) + A (1) + L (1) + E (1) + R (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 WHALERS
WHALERS 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 WHALERS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- hawser12
- rewash12
- washer12
- whaler12
- whales12
- wheals12
- hawse11
- shawl11
- shrew11
- welsh11
- whale11
- wheal11
- haws10
- hews10
- shaw10
- shew10
- shwa10
- wash10
- ashler9
- halers9
- lasher9
- walers9
- warsle9
- haw9
- hew9
- wha9
- haler8
- hales8
- hares8
- harls8
- heals8
- hears8
- herls8
- leash8
- lehrs8
- resaw8
- rheas8
- sawer8
- selah8
- sewar8
- shale8
- share8
- sheal8
- shear8
- swale8
- sware8
- swear8
- waler8
- wales8
- wares8
- weals8
- wears8
- awes7
- awls7
- haes7
- hale7
- hare7
- harl7
- heal7
- hear7
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