Is HEARTENING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HEARTENING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HEARTENING mean?
- adjective
cheerfully encouraging
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
10
Letters
H (4) + E (1) + A (1) + R (1) + T (1) + E (1) + N (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 HEARTENING
HEARTENING 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 HEARTENING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- reheating13
- earthing12
- hearting12
- heritage12
- ingather12
- naething12
- herniate11
- inherent11
- theanine11
- gahnite11
- greenth11
- hanting11
- hearing11
- heating11
- henting11
- rehinge11
- thenage11
- argentine10
- tangerine10
- earthen10
- hairnet10
- hearten10
- herniae10
- inearth10
- neither10
- therein10
- therian10
- thinner10
- aright10
- gather10
- haeing10
- hanger10
- haring10
- hating10
- hegari10
- hegira10
- hinger10
- nigher10
- rehang10
- antigene9
- entering9
- gratinee9
- interage9
- aether9
- anther9
- either9
- ethane9
- heater9
- hereat9
- herein9
- hernia9
- hinter9
- inhere9
- nether9
- reheat9
- theine9
- thenar9
- ahing9
- eight9
- garth9
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