Is PERSECUTING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PERSECUTING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PERSECUTING mean?
Persecuting is a form of PERSECUTE.
- verb
cause to suffer
“Some religious groups are persecuted in some countries”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
11
Letters
P (3) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) + E (1) + C (3) + U (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 16 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 PERSECUTING
PERSECUTING 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 PERSECUTING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- respecting15
- sceptering15
- putrescine14
- sceptring14
- turgencies13
- prentices13
- prescient13
- reinspect13
- creeping13
- specting13
- sprucing13
- gentrices12
- pestering12
- resecting12
- secreting12
- urgencies12
- crepiest12
- crepitus12
- cuprites12
- epicures12
- pectines12
- percents12
- pictures12
- piecrust12
- precents12
- prentice12
- receipts12
- terpenic12
- creping12
- ceintures11
- centuries11
- enuretics11
- preunites11
- cresting11
- cringest11
- crusting11
- erecting11
- eructing11
- erupting11
- eugenics11
- generics11
- genetics11
- gentrice11
- perusing11
- petering11
- prestige11
- pureeing11
- recusing11
- reputing11
- rescuing11
- securing11
- speering11
- spurting11
- steeping11
- supering11
- crispen11
- cuprite11
- epicure11
- eupneic11
- incepts11
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