Is CRENELING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CRENELING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CRENELING mean?
Creneling is a form of CRENEL.
- noun
one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
- noun
a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
- verb
supply with battlements
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
9
Letters
C (3) + R (1) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + L (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 12 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 CRENELING
CRENELING 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 CRENELING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- creeling11
- clinger10
- cringle10
- generic10
- recline9
- cering9
- cringe9
- leering8
- reeling8
- ceiler8
- crenel8
- cling8
- genic8
- eeling7
- engine7
- ginner7
- linger7
- cline7
- creel7
- incel7
- nicer7
- niece7
- relic7
- cleg7
- lierne6
- reline6
- genie6
- genre6
- green6
- ingle6
- leger6
- liege6
- liger6
- regie6
- reign6
- renig6
- ceil6
- cere6
- cine6
- cire6
- lice6
- nice6
- rice6
- cig6
- inner5
- linen5
- liner5
- niner5
- renin5
- eger5
- gene5
- gien5
- girl5
- girn5
- glee5
- glen5
- gree5
- grin5
- ling5
- ring5
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