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Words That Start With STERIL

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Popular Words That Start With STERIL

The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.

All Words That Start With STERIL 24 words

9-Letter Words Starting With STERIL 5

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10-Letter Words Starting With STERIL 7

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11-Letter Words Starting With STERIL 5

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How common is STERIL at the start of words?

Our combined English word list has 24 words that start with STERIL. Most are 10 letters long, they average 14.6 points, the best is STERILIZABLE (23 points) and 33.3% end in S.

Total words
24
Most common length
10 letters
7 words
Average Scrabble score
14.6
out of 23 max
Longest word
STERILISATIONS
14 letters
Most common ending
S
33.3% of words

Words by length

Most common last letters

  • s 33.3%
  • e 20.8%
  • d 8.3%

Top vowel pairs

  • io16.7%
  • ie4.2%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

Rare words worth knowing

Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word that starts with STERIL

s 1t 1e 1r 1i 1l 1i 1z 10a 1b 3l 1e 1

S 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1 + I 1 + L 1 + I 1 + Z 10 + A 1 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1 = 23 points

Double word
46 pts
Triple word
69 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

sterilizable

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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How many words that start with STERIL are there?

There are 24 words that start with STERIL in our combined English word list. The most common length is 10 letters, with 7 words. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.

What is the highest-scoring word that starts with STERIL?

STERILIZABLE is worth 23 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are STERILIZATIONS (23), STERILIZATION (22), STERILIZING (21).

What is the longest word that starts with STERIL?

STERILISATIONS has 14 letters. If you prefer a word people actually use, STERILE (7 letters) is the longest common one.