Is DESCENDING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DESCENDING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DESCENDING mean?
- adjective
coming down or downward
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + S (1) + C (3) + E (1) + N (1) + D (2) + 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 DESCENDING
DESCENDING 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 DESCENDING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- scending12
- seceding12
- designed11
- incensed11
- snedding11
- decides11
- descend11
- scended11
- censing10
- deeding10
- deigned10
- ceding10
- decide10
- deiced10
- disced10
- endings9
- engined9
- incense9
- neddies9
- needing9
- seeding9
- sending9
- censed9
- deices9
- dinged9
- edenic9
- ceded9
- diced9
- engines8
- indenes8
- deigns8
- denied8
- denned8
- design8
- dinges8
- dinned8
- eddies8
- ending8
- genned8
- ginned8
- indeed8
- nieces8
- sended8
- sieged8
- signed8
- singed8
- cedes8
- cedis8
- deice8
- dices8
- edged8
- genic8
- scend8
- denies7
- dienes7
- engine7
- ensign7
- genies7
- indene7
- seeing7
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