Is PRESCINDING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PRESCINDING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
Points
17
Scrabble
22
Words With Friends
11
Letters
P (3) + R (1) + E (1) + S (1) + C (3) + I (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.
Definition
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See the definition of PrescindingHooks for PRESCINDING
PRESCINDING 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 PRESCINDING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- crispening15
- discerning14
- rescinding14
- piercings14
- precising14
- cindering13
- presiding13
- spidering13
- crisping13
- piecings13
- piercing13
- prescind13
- scending12
- spending12
- springed12
- creping12
- crisped12
- percids12
- piecing12
- pricing12
- spicing12
- niderings11
- inspired11
- repining11
- ripening11
- speiring11
- spiering11
- cringed11
- crispen11
- deicing11
- discing11
- gipsied11
- pending11
- pidgins11
- pincers11
- piscine11
- priding11
- princes11
- spicier11
- percid11
- priced11
- spiced11
- cinerins10
- desiring10
- indigens10
- nidering10
- residing10
- ringside10
- spinnier10
- censing10
- cinders10
- cringes10
- dineric10
- discern10
- incised10
- indices10
- peining10
- peising10
- pieings10
- pinders10
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