Is WILDNESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, WILDNESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does WILDNESSES mean?
Wildnesses is a form of WILDNESS.
- noun
a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
“the wildness of his anger”
- noun
the property of being wild or turbulent
“the storm's violence”
- noun
an unruly disposition to do as one pleases
“Liza had always had a tendency to wildness”
- noun
an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 10
W (4) + I (1) + L (1) + D (2) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 14 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 WILDNESSES
WILDNESSES 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 WILDNESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- sinewless12
- dewiness12
- lewdness12
- swindles12
- wideness12
- wildness12
- windless12
- newsless11
- wineless11
- wiseness11
- dewless11
- endwise11
- sinewed11
- swindle11
- wedelns11
- windles11
- lewises10
- newsies10
- winless10
- dwines10
- slewed10
- swedes10
- wedeln10
- wedels10
- widens10
- wields10
- windle10
- wissed10
- idleness9
- idlesses9
- linseeds9
- sideless9
- newels9
- newies9
- newses9
- newsie9
- sinews9
- swiles9
- swines9
- wisses9
- dwine9
- sewed9
- swede9
- wedel9
- weeds9
- welds9
- wends9
- widen9
- wides9
- wield9
- wilds9
- wiled9
- winds9
- wined9
- wised9
- diesels8
- endless8
- enisled8
- ensiled8
- idlesse8
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