Is GESTICULATING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, GESTICULATING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does GESTICULATING mean?
- adjective
making gestures while speaking
“her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
13
Letters
G (2) + E (1) + S (1) + T (1) + I (1) + C (3) + U (1) + L (1) + A (1) + T (1) + 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 GESTICULATING
GESTICULATING 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 GESTICULATING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- gesticulant14
- latticings13
- cagelings13
- austenitic12
- catlinites12
- anglicise12
- cingulate12
- clingiest12
- cuittling12
- cultigens12
- genitalic12
- latticing12
- linguicas12
- scuttling12
- cageling12
- gigantic12
- glaceing12
- anticults11
- catlinite11
- gangliest11
- gestating11
- inelastic11
- niggliest11
- sciential11
- tunicates11
- castling11
- catlings11
- ceilings11
- cleating11
- cultigen11
- cuttages11
- cuttings11
- cuttling11
- gestical11
- linguica11
- scatting11
- scungile11
- scungili11
- sluicing11
- tungstic11
- ciggies11
- gainliest10
- gauntlets10
- glintiest10
- guiltiest10
- instigate10
- litigants10
- litigates10
- situating10
- tangliest10
- tingliest10
- acuities10
- agisting10
- anticult10
- autistic10
- canistel10
- canities10
- ciliates10
- cuittles10
- cutinise10
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