Is SUCCEEDING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SUCCEEDING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SUCCEEDING mean?
- adjective
coming after or following
- adjective
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
“our next president”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
10
Letters
S (1) + U (1) + C (3) + C (3) + E (1) + E (1) + D (2) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 16 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 SUCCEEDING
SUCCEEDING 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 SUCCEEDING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- seceding12
- seducing12
- succeed12
- eugenics11
- deucing11
- educing11
- science11
- sicced11
- eugenic10
- incudes10
- incused10
- induces10
- ceding10
- ecesic10
- scenic10
- dengues9
- seeding9
- sueding9
- censed9
- cueing9
- deices9
- deuces9
- dunces9
- edenic9
- educes9
- induce9
- secund9
- seduce9
- uniced9
- cusec9
- deigns8
- dengue8
- design8
- dinges8
- dingus8
- guides8
- guised8
- incuse8
- nieces8
- nudges8
- segued8
- sieged8
- signed8
- singed8
- cedes8
- cedis8
- cuing8
- deice8
- deuce8
- dices8
- duces8
- dunce8
- educe8
- genic8
- scend8
- scudi8
- denies7
- dienes7
- endues7
- ensued7
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