Is MOLESTING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, MOLESTING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does MOLESTING mean?
Molesting is a form of MOLEST.
- verb
harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- verb
annoy continually or chronically
“He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 9
M (3) + O (1) + L (1) + E (1) + S (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 12 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 MOLESTING
MOLESTING 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 MOLESTING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- longtime11
- mitogens11
- smelting11
- egotism10
- emoting10
- geosmin10
- gimlets10
- gnomist10
- melting10
- mingles10
- mitogen10
- molting10
- semilog10
- lomeins9
- loments9
- meltons9
- mestino9
- moisten9
- monties9
- motiles9
- sentimo9
- egoism9
- gemots9
- genoms9
- gimels9
- gimlet9
- glimes9
- gnomes9
- golems9
- meting9
- mingle9
- mongst9
- eloigns8
- glisten8
- legions8
- lentigo8
- lingoes8
- logiest8
- longest8
- longies8
- singlet8
- sniglet8
- tiglons8
- tingles8
- eonism8
- inmost8
- lemons8
- limens8
- lomein8
- loment8
- melons8
- melton8
- mentos8
- metols8
- molest8
- molies8
- moline8
- molten8
- monies8
- monist8
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