Is WHISPERING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, WHISPERING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does WHISPERING mean?
- noun
a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- noun
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
- adjective
making a low continuous indistinct sound
“like murmuring waves”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
10
Letters
W (4) + H (4) + I (1) + S (1) + P (3) + E (1) + R (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 19 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 WHISPERING
Single letters that turn WHISPERING 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 WHISPERING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- perishing15
- shrewing15
- whingers15
- whingier15
- whisper15
- periwigs14
- sphering14
- shewing14
- whinger14
- whinges14
- wishing14
- periwig13
- pishing13
- spewing13
- swiping13
- whiners13
- whinier13
- wisping13
- hewing13
- weighs13
- whinge13
- whips13
- swingier12
- wispier12
- newish12
- whiner12
- whines12
- winish12
- wiping12
- wisher12
- weigh12
- whigs12
- phew12
- whip12
- speiring11
- spiering11
- heiring11
- hingers11
- swinger11
- wingers11
- wingier11
- wirings11
- perish11
- pisher11
- reship11
- swiper11
- wipers11
- shewn11
- shrew11
- whens11
- whine11
- whins11
- whirs11
- whig11
- peising10
- pieings10
- pingers10
- prising10
- shinier10
- spiring10
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