SURGICAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SURGICAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SURGICAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SURGICAL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SURGICAL
No single letter turns SURGICAL into another word.
How SURGICAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SURGICAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SURGICAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SURGICAL
- All 8 letters of SURGICAL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SURGICAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Relating to operations performed by surgeons, or done with extreme precision.
Hospitals use surgical for tools, masks and procedures. Outside medicine it praises accuracy, as in a surgical strike that hits only its target.
How SURGICAL is used
The word surgical is common in medicine, in the news and in figurative praise of precision.
- The nurse laid out the surgical instruments.
- He wore a surgical mask in the crowded train.
- The editor made a surgical cut to the opening paragraph.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SURGICAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SURGICAL
1 longer words begin with SURGICAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SURGICAL
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Common questions about SURGICAL
- Is SURGICAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SURGICAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SURGICAL worth?
- SURGICAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SURGICAL mean?
- Relating to operations performed by surgeons, or done with extreme precision.
- What letters can be added to SURGICAL?
- No single letter can be added to SURGICAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SURGICAL:
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