Is SURICATES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SURICATES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SURICATES mean?
Suricates is a form of SURICATE.
- noun
burrowing diurnal meerkat of southern Africa; often kept as a pet
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
9
Letters
S (1) + U (1) + R (1) + I (1) + C (3) + A (1) + T (1) + E (1) + S (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 SURICATES
SURICATES 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 SURICATES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- citruses10
- curtsies10
- rictuses10
- sauciers10
- sauciest10
- scariest10
- suitcase10
- suricate10
- actress9
- arcuses9
- ascites9
- atresic9
- caestus9
- casters9
- casuist9
- causers9
- cesuras9
- cristae9
- cruises9
- crusets9
- cueists9
- cuestas9
- cuirass9
- curates9
- curites9
- cutises9
- ectasis9
- icterus9
- ictuses9
- raciest9
- racists9
- recasts9
- rustics9
- sacrist9
- saucers9
- saucier9
- stearic9
- sucrase9
- acuter8
- acutes8
- caress8
- carets8
- caries8
- carses8
- cartes8
- caster8
- castes8
- caters8
- cauris8
- causer8
- causes8
- cerias8
- cestas8
- cestus8
- cesura8
- cistus8
- citers8
- citrus8
- crases8
- crasis8
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