Is COUNTERCHECKING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, COUNTERCHECKING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 29 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does COUNTERCHECKING mean?
Counterchecking is a form of COUNTERCHECK.
- noun
a check that restrains another check
- noun
something that checks the correctness of a previous check
- verb
oppose or check by a counteraction
- verb
check a second time
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
29
Scrabble
35
Words With Friends
15
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + U (1) + N (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + C (3) + H (4) + E (1) + C (3) + K (5) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 29 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 COUNTERCHECKING
COUNTERCHECKING 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 COUNTERCHECKING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- countercheck25
- checkering22
- rechecking22
- checkrein20
- checking20
- chocking20
- chucking20
- roughneck19
- unchoking19
- checkout19
- crocheting18
- cockering18
- recocking18
- thickener18
- uncocking18
- cheeking18
- chunking18
- checker18
- chickee18
- chicken18
- chucker18
- recheck18
- uneccentric17
- crouching17
- crunching17
- crutching17
- hunkering17
- chonkier17
- chunkier17
- crocking17
- choking17
- hocking17
- hucking17
- chuntering16
- concentric16
- retouching16
- ketogenic16
- reckoning16
- rocketing16
- tuckering16
- uncorking16
- couching16
- thunking16
- turncock16
- chokier16
- cocking16
- cucking16
- kitchen16
- thicken16
- thicker16
- unchoke16
- check16
- chick16
- chock16
- chuck16
- coerecting15
- concerting15
- concreting15
- congeneric15
- congruence15
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