Is SUSPENDING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SUSPENDING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SUSPENDING mean?
Suspending is a form of SUSPEND.
- verb
hang freely
“The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them”
- verb
cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
“suspend the particles”
- verb
bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
- verb
stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
“Suspend the aid to the war-torn country”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
S (1) + U (1) + S (1) + P (3) + E (1) + N (1) + D (2) + 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 SUSPENDING
SUSPENDING 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 SUSPENDING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- pudginess13
- upsending13
- spending12
- upending12
- penguins11
- dupings11
- pending11
- dinguses10
- puniness10
- unsigned10
- guineps10
- penguin10
- sendups10
- suspend10
- upsends10
- upsides10
- duping10
- pinged10
- pudges10
- designs9
- endings9
- enduing9
- gussied9
- puisnes9
- sending9
- sudsing9
- sueding9
- supines9
- genips9
- guinep9
- pignus9
- pinned9
- pissed9
- pseuds9
- punned9
- sendup9
- sniped9
- spends9
- spined9
- spuing9
- unpegs9
- upends9
- upsend9
- upside9
- pudge9
- dunness8
- ensigns8
- ensuing8
- gunnies8
- niduses8
- sensing8
- undines8
- deigns8
- design8
- dinges8
- dingus8
- ending8
- ginned8
- guides8
- guised8
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