Is SURGICAL a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SURGICAL is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SURGICAL mean?
- adjective
of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
“surgical instruments”
- adjective
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
“a surgical appendix”
- adjective
performed with great precision
“a surgical air strike”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
8
Letters
S (1) + U (1) + R (1) + G (2) + I (1) + C (3) + A (1) + L (1) = 11 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 SURGICAL
SURGICAL 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 SURGICAL
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- garlics10
- uracils9
- cigars9
- garlic9
- glacis9
- caulis8
- cauris8
- curial8
- uracil8
- cigar8
- clags8
- crags8
- guacs8
- scrag8
- argils7
- glairs7
- grails7
- gulars7
- arcus7
- aulic7
- auric7
- carls7
- cauls7
- cauri7
- crias7
- curia7
- curls7
- laics7
- salic7
- scaur7
- sulci7
- cigs7
- clag7
- crag7
- guac7
- scag7
- urials6
- aglus6
- argil6
- argus6
- gaurs6
- girls6
- glair6
- glias6
- grail6
- guars6
- gular6
- iglus6
- ragis6
- rugal6
- sigla6
- sugar6
- arcs6
- asci6
- cals6
- carl6
- cars6
- caul6
- cria6
- cris6
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