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Is surveil a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word surveil is a Scrabble US word. The word surveil is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

S1U1R1V4E1I1L1

Is surveil a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word surveil is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

S1U1R1V4E1I1L1

Is surveil a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word surveil is a Words With Friends word. The word surveil is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1U2R1V5E1I1L2

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7-letter words (1 found)

SURVEIL,

6-letter words (8 found)

ERVILS,LIVERS,LIVRES,LURVES,RIVELS,SILVER,SLIVER,SLURVE,

5-letter words (33 found)

ERUVS,ERVIL,EVILS,ILEUS,LEIRS,LEVIS,LIERS,LIEUS,LIVER,LIVES,LIVRE,LURES,LURVE,LUSER,RIELS,RILES,RIVEL,RIVES,RULES,SIEUR,SILER,SIVER,SLIER,SLIVE,VEILS,VIERS,VILER,VIRES,VIRLS,VIRUS,VLEIS,VLIES,VRILS,

4-letter words (47 found)

ERUV,EVIL,IRES,ISLE,IURE,LEIR,LEIS,LEVS,LIER,LIES,LIEU,LIRE,LIVE,LUES,LURE,LURS,LUVS,REIS,REVS,RIEL,RILE,RISE,RIVE,RUES,RULE,RUSE,SEIL,SEIR,SILE,SIRE,SLUE,SLUR,SUER,SURE,ULES,URES,USER,VEIL,VERS,VIER,VIES,VILE,VIRE,VIRL,VISE,VLEI,VRIL,

3-letter words (29 found)

ELS,ERS,IRE,LEI,LES,LEU,LEV,LIE,LIS,LUR,LUV,REI,RES,REV,RUE,SEI,SEL,SER,SEV,SIR,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUR,ULE,URE,USE,VIE,VIS,

2-letter words (9 found)

EL,ER,ES,IS,LI,RE,SI,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 128 words from surveil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of surveil

surveil

Etymology

1903. Back-formation from surveillance (but compare also French surveiller).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /sɚˈveɪl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈveɪl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪl

Verb

surveil (third-person singular simple present surveils, present participle surveiling or surveilling, simple past and past participle surveiled or surveilled)

  1. (transitive, US) To keep someone or something under surveillance.
    The plaintiff also stresses that the store as a whole, and the customer exits especially, were closely surveilled.
    Alexandre of London v. Indem. Ins. Co., 182 F. Supp. 748, 750 (United States District Court for the District of Columbia) (1960), cited in Bryan A. Garner. A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (2nd ed., 2001) p. 861

Usage notes

Found without any comment in major American dictionaries, and in some British dictionaries. Collins recognizes it as either American or British. The 2015 edition of Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage labels it as "mostly AmE". Unrecognized by OED.

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