Is SAUNTERING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SAUNTERING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SAUNTERING mean?
Sauntering is a form of SAUNTER.
- noun
a careless leisurely gait
“he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadn't a care in the world”
- noun
a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
- verb
walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 10
S (1) + A (1) + U (1) + N (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 11 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 SAUNTERING
SAUNTERING 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 SAUNTERING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- gannister10
- gauntries10
- insurgent10
- signature10
- unresting10
- unseating10
- saturnine9
- aginners9
- angriest9
- angstier9
- antigens9
- astringe9
- earnings9
- engrains9
- ensuring9
- ganister9
- gantries9
- gentians9
- granites9
- grannies9
- guanines9
- gunneras9
- ingrates9
- rangiest9
- rantings9
- retuning9
- sanguine9
- sauteing9
- tasering9
- tenuring9
- tunnages9
- turnings9
- unitages9
- unstring9
- aneurins8
- entrains8
- insurant8
- ruinates8
- runniest8
- taurines8
- trannies8
- uranites8
- urinates8
- aginner8
- aigrets8
- anguine8
- anteing8
- antigen8
- antigun8
- antings8
- argents8
- augites8
- earings8
- earning8
- easting8
- eatings8
- engrain8
- ensuing8
- enuring8
- erasing8
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