Is PERISHING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PERISHING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PERISHING mean?
Perishing is a form of PERISH.
- verb
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
“She died from cancer”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
9
Letters
P (3) + E (1) + R (1) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 15 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 PERISHING
PERISHING 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 PERISHING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- sphering14
- pishing13
- speiring11
- spiering11
- heiring11
- hingers11
- perish11
- pisher11
- reship11
- peising10
- pieings10
- pingers10
- prising10
- shinier10
- spiring10
- springe10
- hieing10
- hinger10
- hinges10
- hiring10
- neighs10
- nigher10
- sigher10
- inspire9
- spinier9
- genips9
- gripes9
- pieing9
- pinger9
- reishi9
- riping9
- shiner9
- shrine9
- siping9
- spring9
- girsh9
- hinge9
- neigh9
- nighs9
- heps9
- hips9
- pehs9
- phis9
- pish9
- ship9
- pinier8
- repins8
- ripens8
- sniper8
- genip8
- gripe8
- grips8
- heirs8
- herns8
- hires8
- piing8
- pings8
- prigs8
- rishi8
- shier8
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