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Bestowing

b 3e 1s 1t 1o 1w 4i 1n 1g 2

About 3 syllables

verb · 9 letters · Common · present participle of bestow

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does bestowing mean?

verb

  1. present

    “The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated”

    Synonymsconfer

  2. give as a gift

  3. bestow a quality on

    “Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company”

    Synonymslendimpartcontributeaddbring

Definitions shown for bestow, the base form of bestowing.

Is BESTOWING a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is BESTOWING worth?

Scrabble

15 pts
b 3e 1s 1t 1o 1w 4i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

18 pts
b 4e 1s 1t 1o 1w 4i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

17 pts
b 4e 1s 1t 1o 1w 4i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

19 pts
b 4e 1s 1t 1o 1w 5i 1n 1g 4

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in BESTOWING

Words that end like BESTOWING

Common words that share the ending -OWING, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

borrowingfollowingallowingwindowingswallowingbellowingbillowingburrowingfurrowingharrowinghollowingkowtowingmellowingnarrowingpillowingpowwowingshadowingsorrowingwallowingyellowingelbowingendowingoutgrowingwidowing
All words ending in -OWING

Bestowing: quick answers

Is BESTOWING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. BESTOWING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 15 points before board bonuses.
How many points is BESTOWING worth?
BESTOWING scores 15 points in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends, 17 in Wordfeud and 19 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does bestowing mean?
bestowing is the present participle of bestow, which means “present”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in BESTOWING?
You can make 463 shorter words from BESTOWING, such as BOWGETS, BOWINGS, BOWSING, BEWIGS. See the full list.