Yes, leaving is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Go away from a place

2. Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness

3. Act or be so as to become in a specified state

4. Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking

5. Move out of or depart from

6. Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

7. Have as a result or residue

8. Remove oneself from an association with or participation in

9. Put into the care or protection of someone

10. Leave or give by will after one's death

11. Have left or have as a remainder

12. Be survived by after one's death

13. Transmit (knowledge or skills)

14. Leave behind unintentionally

Noun

1. The act of departing