Is DELETING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DELETING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 10 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DELETING mean?
Deleting is a form of DELETE.
- verb
remove or make invisible
“Please delete my name from your list”
- verb
wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
“Who erased the files from my hard disk?”
- verb
cut or eliminate
“she edited the juiciest scenes”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 8
D (2) + E (1) + L (1) + E (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 10 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 DELETING
DELETING 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 DELETING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- deleing9
- gentled9
- glinted9
- tingled9
- gentile8
- lenited8
- dingle8
- engild8
- legend8
- nidget8
- tinged8
- dentil7
- eeling7
- elegit7
- endite7
- gentil7
- gentle7
- linted7
- teeing7
- tingle7
- deign7
- dinge7
- gelid7
- glede7
- gleed7
- glide7
- ledge7
- lenite6
- diene6
- edile6
- elide6
- genet6
- genie6
- gleet6
- glint6
- ident6
- ingle6
- legit6
- liege6
- lined6
- teind6
- tenge6
- tilde6
- tiled6
- tined6
- tinge6
- ding6
- edge6
- geed6
- geld6
- gied6
- gild6
- gled6
- elint5
- elite5
- inlet5
- intel5
- deet5
- deil5
- dele5
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