Is DRENCHINGS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DRENCHINGS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DRENCHINGS mean?
Drenchings is a form of DRENCHING.
- noun
the act of making something completely wet
“he gave it a good drenching”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
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Words With Friends
10
Letters
D (2) + R (1) + E (1) + N (1) + C (3) + H (4) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) + S (1) = 17 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsNot listed
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 DRENCHINGS
DRENCHINGS 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 DRENCHINGS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- drenching16
- grinches14
- herdings13
- shending13
- chiders13
- chinned13
- chinsed13
- ginches13
- herdics13
- schneid13
- scending12
- herding12
- inchers12
- richens12
- chider12
- chides12
- chined12
- chings12
- dreich12
- drench12
- eching12
- grinch12
- herdic12
- inched12
- niched12
- cringed11
- hinders11
- hingers11
- nerdish11
- shinned11
- shrined11
- chines11
- chinse11
- dreigh11
- driegh11
- enrich11
- hinged11
- incher11
- inches11
- niches11
- nighed11
- richen11
- riches11
- sighed11
- chide11
- ching11
- ginch11
- censing10
- cinders10
- cringes10
- discern10
- rescind10
- ceding10
- hiders10
- hinder10
- hinger10
- hinges10
- neighs10
- nigher10
- shined10
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