Is DEBARKING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DEBARKING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DEBARKING mean?
Debarking is a form of DEBARK.
- verb
go ashore
“The passengers disembarked at Southampton”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
9
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + B (3) + A (1) + R (1) + K (5) + 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 DEBARKING
DEBARKING 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 DEBARKING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- beraking15
- breaking15
- barking14
- braking14
- kerbing14
- darking13
- baking13
- banked13
- barked13
- braked13
- debark13
- bearding12
- breading12
- banker12
- deking12
- ganked12
- kinged12
- baked12
- biked12
- abridge11
- barding11
- beading11
- brigade11
- brigand11
- daiker11
- danker11
- darken11
- kinder11
- kirned11
- narked11
- raking11
- ranked11
- baker11
- biker11
- brake11
- brank11
- break11
- brink11
- kebar11
- bandier10
- bearing10
- brained10
- badger10
- banged10
- barged10
- begird10
- binged10
- bridge10
- garbed10
- diker10
- drake10
- drank10
- drink10
- eking10
- inked10
- irked10
- kiang10
- kinda10
- knead10
- naked10
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