Is WITNESSING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, WITNESSING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does WITNESSING mean?
Witnessing is a form of WITNESS.
- verb
be a witness to
“She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court”
- noun
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
- verb
perceive or be contemporaneous with
“We found Republicans winning the offices”
- noun
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
“the spectators applauded the performance”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
W (4) + I (1) + T (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (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 WITNESSING
WITNESSING 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 WITNESSING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- swingiest13
- sinewing12
- westings12
- wingiest12
- intwines11
- sewings11
- stewing11
- swinges11
- twinges11
- twining11
- westing11
- wissing11
- wisting11
- intwine10
- winiest10
- wisents10
- witness10
- sewing10
- swinge10
- swings10
- tewing10
- twinge10
- wining10
- wising10
- witing10
- ginniest9
- seinings9
- sinews9
- swines9
- twines9
- wisent9
- wisest9
- gwine9
- swigs9
- swing9
- twigs9
- wings9
- tininess8
- ensigns8
- ignites8
- ingests8
- insigne8
- nesting8
- seining8
- seising8
- sensing8
- signets8
- stinges8
- tensing8
- newts8
- sinew8
- stews8
- swine8
- twine8
- twins8
- wests8
- wines8
- wises8
- wists8
- wites8
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