Is NOURISHING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, NOURISHING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does NOURISHING mean?
- adjective
of or providing nourishment
“good nourishing stew”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
N (1) + O (1) + U (1) + R (1) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + 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 NOURISHING
NOURISHING 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 NOURISHING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- inrushing13
- onrushing13
- unhorsing13
- hornings12
- shrining12
- hoising11
- horning11
- horsing11
- housing11
- noshing11
- roguish11
- rushing11
- shining11
- shoring11
- noirish10
- nourish10
- unshorn10
- hiring10
- honing10
- hosing10
- ogrish10
- roughs10
- shogun10
- grunions9
- insuring9
- ironings9
- nigrosin9
- rosining9
- hoisin9
- houris9
- inrush9
- onrush9
- rhinos9
- girsh9
- gursh9
- hongi9
- hongs9
- nighs9
- ohing9
- rough9
- shogi9
- shrug9
- sough9
- grunion8
- inuring8
- ironing8
- noising8
- nursing8
- origins8
- rinsing8
- rousing8
- ruining8
- signior8
- signori8
- snoring8
- sorning8
- souring8
- horns8
- houri8
- hours8
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