Is STERILISATION a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, STERILISATION is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does STERILISATION mean?
- noun
the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)
- noun
the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
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Words With Friends
13
Letters
S (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + I (1) + L (1) + I (1) + S (1) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) = 13 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 STERILISATION
Single letters that turn STERILISATION into another valid word in US Scrabble. Hooks let you extend a word already on the board.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks1
Words you can make from STERILISATION
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- orientalists12
- antistories11
- literations11
- orientalist11
- initialers10
- initiators10
- iterations10
- lanosities10
- latinities10
- literation10
- natrolites10
- restations10
- saintliest10
- salinities10
- senioritis10
- seriations10
- siltations10
- solitaires10
- solitaries10
- stationers10
- sterilants10
- striations10
- tanistries10
- tonalities10
- totalisers10
- alienists9
- anilities9
- assertion9
- initialer9
- initiates9
- initiator9
- insolates9
- iteration9
- liatrises9
- lionisers9
- listerias9
- natrolite9
- notarises9
- oralities9
- orientals9
- ostiaries9
- relations9
- resistant9
- restation9
- retinitis9
- saintlier9
- satiniest9
- senoritas9
- sensorial9
- serialist9
- seriation9
- serotinal9
- siltation9
- siltstone9
- sinistral9
- slantiest9
- slatterns9
- snarliest9
- solitaire9
- stationer9
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