Is PRIVATISING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PRIVATISING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PRIVATISING mean?
Privatising is a form of PRIVATISE.
- verb
change from governmental to private control or ownership
“The oil industry was privatized”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
11
Letters
P (3) + R (1) + I (1) + V (4) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + S (1) + 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.
Hooks for PRIVATISING
PRIVATISING 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 PRIVATISING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- vaginitis13
- pavings13
- spiriting12
- traipsing12
- starving12
- striving12
- visiting12
- paving12
- vaping12
- aspiring11
- pairings11
- partings11
- pirating11
- praising11
- spirting11
- striping11
- vitrains11
- ravings11
- staving11
- virgins11
- visaing11
- parvis11
- pavins11
- spavin11
- inspirit10
- pairing10
- parings10
- parsing10
- parting10
- pasting10
- prating10
- prising10
- rasping10
- sparing10
- spiring10
- spiting10
- tapings10
- vitrain10
- raving10
- riving10
- saving10
- vigias10
- virgas10
- virgin10
- vising10
- pavin10
- pavis10
- aspirin9
- pianist9
- rapinis9
- spirant9
- invars9
- paring9
- prangs9
- raping9
- ravins9
- riping9
- siping9
- sprang9
- spring9
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