Is CRICKETING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CRICKETING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CRICKETING mean?
Cricketing is a form of CRICKET.
- noun
leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
- noun
a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
- verb
play cricket
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
10
Letters
C (3) + R (1) + I (1) + C (3) + K (5) + E (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 19 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 CRICKETING
CRICKETING 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 CRICKETING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- cricking17
- tricking15
- cricket15
- recking14
- ricking14
- ticking14
- kinetic13
- trickie13
- crick13
- ticcing12
- ickier12
- nicker12
- ticker12
- reciting11
- centric11
- icteric11
- irking11
- kiting11
- icker11
- trick11
- geck11
- tricing10
- citric10
- cretic10
- critic10
- inkier10
- reknit10
- tinker10
- eking10
- neck10
- nick10
- reck10
- rick10
- tick10
- citrine9
- crinite9
- inciter9
- neritic9
- cering9
- citing9
- cringe9
- ricing9
- cerci9
- ceric9
- ictic9
- inker9
- kiter9
- reiki9
- reink9
- trike9
- gink9
- king9
- ick9
- igniter8
- tiering8
- citrin8
- cretin8
- incite8
- irenic8
- nitric8
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