Is CONTRIBUTING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CONTRIBUTING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CONTRIBUTING mean?
- adjective
tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
“working conditions are not conducive to productivity”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
12
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + N (1) + T (1) + R (1) + I (1) + B (3) + U (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 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 CONTRIBUTING
CONTRIBUTING 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 CONTRIBUTING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- tincturing13
- bouncing13
- buncoing13
- binturong12
- buttoning12
- trouncing12
- bornitic12
- curbing12
- bruiting11
- counting11
- courting11
- noticing11
- orbiting11
- tincting11
- unrobing11
- biontic11
- bitcoin11
- cubing11
- intorting10
- intronic10
- unironic10
- bitting10
- brining10
- bruting10
- bunting10
- burning10
- butting10
- coining10
- corning10
- cutting10
- tricing10
- trucing10
- bicorn10
- bicron10
- bionic10
- biotic10
- brucin10
- cobnut10
- cubiti10
- incubi10
- niobic10
- nutrition9
- ignitron9
- trouting9
- tutoring9
- untiring9
- nicotin9
- nocturn9
- noritic9
- ruction9
- unction9
- unicorn9
- biting9
- boning9
- boring9
- citing9
- congii9
- coning9
- coring9
- coting9
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