Is PERISHING a word?
PERISHING is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 9 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PERISHING is a valid word.
What does perishing mean?
PERISHING is an inflected form of perish.
verb: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
“She died from cancer”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PERISHING: word details
- Pronunciation: PEH-rih-shihng (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 9 letters, a long word. It is one of 41,139 9-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside perishing
Words you can make from the letters of perishing.
Solve a whole rack, not just PERISHING
PERISHING is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does PERISHING mean?
PERISHING is an inflected form of perish and is a verb. It means: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
Is PERISHING a valid word?
Yes, PERISHING is a valid word. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.