Is WANDERING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, WANDERING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does WANDERING mean?
- adjective
migratory
“a restless mobile society”
- adjective
of a path e.g.
“meandering streams”
- noun
travelling about without any clear destination
“she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him”
- adjective
having no fixed course
“an erratic comet”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
9
Letters
W (4) + A (1) + N (1) + D (2) + 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 WANDERING
Single letters that turn WANDERING into another valid word in US Scrabble. Hooks let you extend a word already on the board.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks1
Words you can make from WANDERING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- awninged13
- dawning12
- drawing12
- redwing12
- warding12
- wending12
- windage12
- wringed12
- indrawn11
- warning11
- weaning11
- wearing11
- dawing11
- dewing11
- gnawed11
- wading11
- winged11
- aweing10
- awning10
- earwig10
- enwind10
- gnawer10
- inward10
- rewind10
- waired10
- wander10
- waning10
- wanned10
- warden10
- waring10
- warned10
- winder10
- winger10
- winned10
- waged10
- darning9
- deaning9
- deraign9
- gradine9
- grained9
- grinned9
- reading9
- rending9
- wanier9
- wanner9
- winner9
- awing9
- awned9
- dawen9
- dewan9
- dewar9
- diwan9
- drawn9
- dwine9
- gnawn9
- gwine9
- wader9
- wager9
- waned9
- wared9
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