Is CHEESING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHEESING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHEESING mean?
Cheesing is a form of CHEESE.
- noun
a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
- noun
erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
- verb
used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)
“Cheese it!”
- verb
wind onto a cheese
“cheese the yarn”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
8
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + E (1) + E (1) + S (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 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 CHEESING
CHEESING 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 CHEESING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- ginches13
- chings12
- eching12
- chines11
- chinse11
- inches11
- niches11
- seiche11
- ching11
- ginch11
- henges10
- hinges10
- neighs10
- chine10
- chins10
- eches10
- hence10
- niche10
- ghees9
- henge9
- hinge9
- neigh9
- nighs9
- chin9
- chis9
- eche9
- ichs9
- inch9
- nieces8
- genic8
- sheen8
- shine8
- ghee8
- ghis8
- nigh8
- sigh8
- chi8
- hic8
- ich8
- genies7
- seeing7
- signee7
- cense7
- cines7
- niece7
- scene7
- since7
- cigs7
- hens7
- hies7
- hins7
- hisn7
- shen7
- shin7
- sinh7
- ghi7
- genes6
- genie6
- segni6
- sengi6
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