Is PULVERISING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PULVERISING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PULVERISING mean?
Pulverising is a form of PULVERISE.
- verb
destroy completely
“the wrecking ball demolished the building”
- verb
become powder or dust
“When it was blown up, the building powderized”
- verb
make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
“pulverize the grains”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
11
Letters
P (3) + U (1) + L (1) + V (4) + E (1) + R (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 PULVERISING
PULVERISING 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 PULVERISING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- prevising15
- prevuing14
- revilings13
- silvering13
- slivering13
- repulsing12
- evulsing12
- livering12
- reivings12
- reliving12
- reviling12
- revising12
- veilings12
- veluring12
- virgules12
- privies12
- pulvini12
- vulpine12
- periling11
- perusing11
- plungers11
- purlings11
- siruping11
- slurping11
- speiling11
- speiring11
- spieling11
- spiering11
- supering11
- uprising11
- livings11
- reiving11
- serving11
- sieving11
- veiling11
- versing11
- virgins11
- virgule11
- viseing11
- pelvis11
- vipers11
- purlines10
- guineps10
- gulpers10
- gulpier10
- lisping10
- liviers10
- peising10
- pieings10
- pilings10
- pingers10
- plunger10
- plunges10
- prising10
- pulings10
- pulsing10
- pungles10
- purling10
- pursing10
- repugns10
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