Is GUBERNATORIAL a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, GUBERNATORIAL is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does GUBERNATORIAL mean?
- adjective
relating to a governor
“gubernatorial election”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
13
Letters
G (2) + U (1) + B (3) + E (1) + R (1) + N (1) + A (1) + T (1) + O (1) + R (1) + I (1) + A (1) + L (1) = 16 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
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 GUBERNATORIAL
GUBERNATORIAL 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.
Words you can make from GUBERNATORIAL
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- antiburglar14
- elaborating14
- inarguable13
- outbargain13
- aberration12
- abnegator12
- arbitrage12
- bargainer12
- barreling12
- bartering12
- bigarreau12
- grantable12
- ignorable12
- labouring12
- tabouring12
- troubling12
- granulator11
- laureating11
- regulation11
- triangular11
- urogenital11
- antilabor11
- baritonal11
- labourite11
- laterborn11
- liberator11
- trainable11
- ablating11
- aborting11
- abrogate11
- agitable11
- arguable11
- bangtail11
- baronage11
- berating11
- blearing11
- bleating11
- bloating11
- blurring11
- blurting11
- borating11
- boulting11
- bourgier11
- burgonet11
- gainable11
- glabrate11
- ignobler11
- laboring11
- obligate11
- rebating11
- reboring11
- ringbolt11
- tabering11
- taboring11
- tangible11
- trebling11
- laureation10
- antiglare10
- aragonite10
- aureoling10
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