Is “Wanting” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
WANTING
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Wanting

/ˈwɒntɪŋ/

verb
  1. 1.To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.

    What do you want to eat?  I want you to leave.  I never wanted to go back to live with my mother.

  2. 2.(in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.

    Danish police want him for embezzlement.

  3. 3.To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

    You can leave if you want.

Synonyms: set one's heart on, wish, would like, without, in need, need

adjective
  1. 1.That wants or desires.

  2. 2.Absent or lacking.

  3. 3.Deficient.

preposition
  1. 1.Without, except, but.

  2. 2.Less, short of, minus.