Is MISSPENDING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, MISSPENDING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does MISSPENDING mean?
Misspending is a form of MISSPEND.
- verb
spend time badly or unwisely
“He misspent his youth”
- verb
spend (money or other resources) unwisely
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
22
Words With Friends
11
Letters
M (3) + I (1) + S (1) + S (1) + P (3) + E (1) + N (1) + D (2) + 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 MISSPENDING
MISSPENDING 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 MISSPENDING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- impending15
- dispensing14
- missending14
- impeding14
- impinged14
- deminings13
- despising13
- impinges13
- misspend13
- minginess12
- demining12
- demising12
- mendings12
- smidgens12
- smidgins12
- spending12
- empings12
- impends12
- impinge12
- impings12
- pigmies12
- gimped12
- dinginess11
- sidespin11
- snipings11
- gipsied11
- mending11
- minding11
- mispens11
- pending11
- pidgins11
- smidgen11
- smidges11
- smidgin11
- emping11
- impend11
- imping11
- indigens10
- spinnies10
- dimness10
- gipsies10
- mensing10
- messing10
- minings10
- missend10
- missing10
- peining10
- peising10
- pieings10
- pissing10
- sniping10
- midges10
- mispen10
- pidgin10
- pinged10
- smidge10
- gimps10
- imped10
- seinings9
- designs9
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