Is CROOKING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CROOKING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CROOKING mean?
Crooking is a form of CROOK.
- noun
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- noun
a circular segment of a curve
“a bend in the road”
- noun
a long staff with one end being hook shaped
- verb
bend or cause to bend
“He crooked his index finger”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
8
Letters
C (3) + R (1) + O (1) + O (1) + K (5) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 15 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 CROOKING
CROOKING 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 CROOKING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- cooking14
- corking14
- rocking14
- coking13
- rooking12
- crook11
- krooni10
- conk10
- cook10
- cork10
- nick10
- nock10
- rick10
- rock10
- cooing9
- coring9
- iroko9
- kroon9
- gink9
- gook9
- grok9
- king9
- ick9
- cogon8
- coign8
- congo8
- corgi8
- incog8
- orgic8
- ikon8
- kino8
- kirn8
- kori8
- nook8
- oink8
- rink8
- rook8
- croon7
- orcin7
- ink7
- irk7
- kin7
- kir7
- koi7
- kor7
- oik7
- giron6
- groin6
- cion6
- coin6
- coir6
- coni6
- coon6
- corn6
- icon6
- cig6
- cog6
- ki6
- ok6
- girn5
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