GABION is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GABION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GABION?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GABION is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GABION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gabionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GABION scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GABION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does GABION mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A wire or wicker cage or basket filled with stones or earth, used to build walls, shore up banks or shelter soldiers.
Engineers stack a gabion beside rivers and roads because the packed stones hold the soil yet let water drain through. Armies once used woven gabions filled with earth as portable cover while digging trenches. The word comes through French from an Italian term for a large cage, and in modern gardens the same wire baskets appear as rugged retaining walls and benches.
How GABION is used
Used in civil engineering, landscaping and military history.
- The crew placed a gabion at the edge of the stream to stop erosion.
- Each gabion was filled with rough stones from the quarry.
- Besiegers rolled a wicker gabion forward for cover.
- A low wall of gabion cages ran along the garden path.
- The gabion held the hillside in place after the heavy rains.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GABION and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GABION
The 6 tiles of GABION in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GABION
8 longer words begin with GABION.
Shorter words from the letters in GABION
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Common questions about GABION
- Is GABION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GABION, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GABION worth?
- GABION is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GABION mean?
- A wire or wicker cage or basket filled with stones or earth, used to build walls, shore up banks or shelter soldiers.
- What letters can be added to GABION?
- GABION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GABION:
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