Is BACTERIALS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BACTERIALS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BACTERIALS mean?
Bacterials is a form of BACTERIAL.
- adjective
relating to or caused by bacteria
“bacterial infection”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
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Words With Friends
10
Letters
B (3) + A (1) + C (3) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + I (1) + A (1) + L (1) + S (1) = 14 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsNot listed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for BACTERIALS
BACTERIALS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of BACTERIALS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from BACTERIALS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- calibrates14
- bacterial13
- bacterias13
- calibrate13
- abreacts12
- bacteria12
- basaltic12
- basilect12
- bearcats12
- berascal12
- bracteal12
- cabalist12
- cabarets12
- cabresta12
- calibers12
- calibres12
- cartable12
- castable12
- tailraces11
- abreact11
- actable11
- ascribe11
- bearcat11
- cabaret11
- cablers11
- cablets11
- caliber11
- calibre11
- caribes11
- citable11
- scribal11
- arbalest10
- arbalist10
- articles10
- blastier10
- labiates10
- librates10
- raisable10
- ratables10
- recitals10
- satiable10
- sterical10
- tailrace10
- arabic10
- barcas10
- bisect10
- braces10
- bracts10
- cabals10
- cabers10
- cabler10
- cables10
- cablet10
- caribe10
- ceibas10
- scarab10
- scribe10
- terbic10
- abaters9
- abelias9
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