Is CHARACTERING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHARACTERING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 20 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHARACTERING mean?
Charactering is a form of CHARACTER.
- noun
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
“she is the main character in the novel”
- noun
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
“each town has a quality all its own”
- noun
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
“education has for its object the formation of character”
- noun
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
“she played the part of Desdemona”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
20
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
12
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + A (1) + R (1) + A (1) + C (3) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 20 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 CHARACTERING
CHARACTERING 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 CHARACTERING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- cacheting17
- chartering16
- recharting16
- acritarch16
- character16
- catching16
- catarrhine15
- racheting15
- anarchic15
- atechnic15
- carritch15
- catchier15
- catechin15
- chancier15
- characin15
- chicaner15
- caching15
- accreting14
- anarthric14
- interarch14
- rancheria14
- chantage14
- charring14
- charting14
- cheating14
- reaching14
- retching14
- teaching14
- archaic14
- canthic14
- catcher14
- chancer14
- chancre14
- chicane14
- technic14
- cercarian13
- canthari13
- ranchera13
- theriaca13
- arching13
- cathing13
- chagrin13
- changer13
- charger13
- charing13
- etching13
- ganache13
- gatcher13
- gnathic13
- cachet13
- cancha13
- chance13
- chicer13
- cranch13
- cratch13
- hectic13
- cratering12
- recrating12
- retracing12
- terracing12
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