Is DISSERTATING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DISSERTATING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DISSERTATING mean?
Dissertating is a form of DISSERTATE.
- verb
talk at length and formally about a topic
“The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
12
Letters
D (2) + I (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + R (1) + T (1) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 14 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 DISSERTATING
DISSERTATING 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 DISSERTATING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- gastritides13
- digestants12
- disseating12
- disserting12
- distasting12
- instigated12
- distraints11
- grittiness11
- instigates11
- resittings11
- stringiest11
- astringed11
- deratting11
- desisting11
- digestant11
- diseasing11
- disrating11
- gradients11
- rigidness11
- ringsides11
- steadings11
- tanistries10
- angstiest10
- asserting10
- astringes10
- daintiest10
- dirtiness10
- disinters10
- distrains10
- distraint10
- distraite10
- dittanies10
- ganisters10
- gastritis10
- grainiest10
- instigate10
- iterating10
- resisting10
- resitting10
- restating10
- retasting10
- sanitised10
- satirised10
- seriating10
- sistering10
- stingiest10
- strangest10
- striating10
- tardiness10
- transited10
- treatings10
- assigned10
- deairing10
- deraigns10
- derating10
- desiring10
- digerati10
- digitate10
- dingiest10
- dragnets10
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