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Preventing

p 3r 1e 1v 4e 1n 1t 1i 1n 1g 2

About 3 syllables

verb · 10 letters · Very common · present participle of prevent

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

What does preventing mean?

verb

  1. keep from happening or arising; make impossible

    “My sense of tact forbids an honest answer”

    Synonymsforestallforecloseprecludeforbid

  2. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

    “We must prevent the cancer from spreading”

    Synonymskeep

Definitions shown for prevent, the base form of preventing.

Is PREVENTING 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 PREVENTING worth?

Scrabble

16 pts
p 3r 1e 1v 4e 1n 1t 1i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

21 pts
p 4r 1e 1v 5e 1n 2t 1i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

18 pts
p 4r 1e 1v 4e 1n 1t 1i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

20 pts
p 3r 1e 1v 6e 1n 1t 1i 1n 1g 4

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

Words from the letters in PREVENTING

Words that end like PREVENTING

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

commentingpresentinginventingconsentingaugmentingcontentingdissentingfermentingsegmentingtormentingabsentingaccentingassentingcementingfomentingfragmentingindentinglamentingparentingpatentingrelentingrepentingresentingdocumenting
All words ending in -ENTING

Preventing: quick answers

Is PREVENTING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. PREVENTING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 16 points before board bonuses.
How many points is PREVENTING worth?
PREVENTING scores 16 points in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends, 18 in Wordfeud and 20 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does preventing mean?
preventing is the present participle of prevent, which means “keep from happening or arising”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in PREVENTING?
You can make 326 shorter words from PREVENTING, such as PREVENING, PREEVING, PEEVING, PERVING. See the full list.