Is CELEBRATING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CELEBRATING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CELEBRATING mean?
Celebrating is a form of CELEBRATE.
- verb
behave as expected during of holidays or rites
“Keep the commandments”
- verb
have a celebration
“They were feting the patriarch of the family”
- verb
assign great social importance to
“The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
11
Letters
C (3) + E (1) + L (1) + E (1) + B (3) + R (1) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 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 CELEBRATING
CELEBRATING 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 CELEBRATING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- integrable13
- celebrant13
- clientage12
- generical12
- genetical12
- rectangle12
- bacterin12
- bernicle12
- bracelet12
- cabernet12
- celibate12
- citeable12
- bracing12
- cabling12
- iceberg12
- interlace11
- lacertine11
- reclinate11
- agenetic11
- argentic11
- beetling11
- berating11
- bergenia11
- blearing11
- bleating11
- catering11
- clearing11
- cleating11
- creating11
- creeling11
- electing11
- erecting11
- gentrice11
- reacting11
- rebating11
- relacing11
- tabering11
- tangible11
- trebling11
- cabinet11
- caliber11
- calibre11
- carbine11
- citable11
- terebic11
- centiare10
- clarinet10
- creatine10
- increate10
- iterance10
- liberate10
- reliance10
- rentable10
- anergic10
- angelic10
- anglice10
- batgirl10
- beagler10
- bealing10
- bearing10
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