Is SLITHERING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SLITHERING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SLITHERING mean?
- adjective
moving as on a slippery surface
“his slipping and slithering progress over the ice”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
10
Letters
S (1) + L (1) + I (1) + T (1) + H (4) + E (1) + R (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 14 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 SLITHERING
SLITHERING 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 SLITHERING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- hirelings13
- hirseling13
- relishing13
- sightlier13
- sightline13
- heisting12
- hireling12
- hirsling12
- lightens12
- lighters12
- nighties12
- relights12
- righties12
- shieling12
- shingler12
- shirting12
- slighter12
- thingies12
- thirling12
- tigerish12
- inherits11
- english11
- girlish11
- heiling11
- heiring11
- hilting11
- hingers11
- histing11
- insight11
- lengths11
- lighten11
- lighter11
- nighest11
- nightie11
- relight11
- resight11
- shingle11
- sighter11
- sleight11
- thingie11
- tigrish11
- relisting10
- hinters10
- inherit10
- shinier10
- slither10
- eights10
- girths10
- griths10
- hieing10
- hinger10
- hinges10
- hiring10
- length10
- lights10
- neighs10
- nigher10
- nights10
- rights10
- sigher10
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