Is RECALCITRANTS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, RECALCITRANTS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does RECALCITRANTS mean?
Recalcitrants is a form of RECALCITRANT.
- adjective
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
“a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness”
- adjective
marked by stubborn resistance to authority
“the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 13
R (1) + E (1) + C (3) + A (1) + L (1) + C (3) + I (1) + T (1) + R (1) + A (1) + N (1) + T (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 RECALCITRANTS
RECALCITRANTS 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 RECALCITRANTS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- recalcitrant16
- cantatrices15
- cantatrice14
- cercarians14
- tractrices14
- analectic13
- antarctic13
- ascetical13
- canticles13
- carcanets13
- centrical13
- cercarial13
- cercarian13
- cercarias13
- trictracs13
- centralist12
- lacertians12
- tarriances12
- acentric12
- calcanei12
- calcines12
- calcites12
- canticle12
- carcanet12
- carceral12
- cercaria12
- circlers12
- circlets12
- ecstatic12
- scenical12
- staccati12
- tactical12
- trictrac12
- analcites11
- ancestral11
- anelastic11
- arsenical11
- ascertain11
- castrater11
- cisternal11
- clarinets11
- craniates11
- erratical11
- interacts11
- lacertian11
- laitances11
- larcenist11
- nectarial11
- reactants11
- sectarian11
- tailraces11
- tarriance11
- tetanical11
- accents11
- acratic11
- alcaics11
- arctics11
- ascetic11
- atactic11
- calcars11
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