GABY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GABY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GABY?
| 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 GABY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GABY
No single letter turns GABY into another word.
How GABY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GABY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does GABY mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A simpleton or fool, in dialect use.
Gaby is dialect and its origin is unknown, although it may be connected with gape. It appears in nineteenth-century novels set in the country and almost nowhere since then.
How GABY is used
Countable: a gaby, two gabies. Dialect.
- A gaby in a country novel is a fixed character type.
- The word gaby may be connected with gape.
- Nobody has called anybody a gaby since about 1900.
- The origin of gaby is unknown.
- A gaby is foolish rather than stupid.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GABY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in GABY
1 words end in GABY. Useful as a back hook: play GABY onto a word already on the board.
Words with GABY inside
4 words contain GABY in the middle. Words that start with GABY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GABY
Common questions about GABY
- Is GABY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GABY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GABY worth?
- GABY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GABY mean?
- A simpleton or fool, in dialect use.
- What letters can be added to GABY?
- No single letter can be added to GABY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GABY:
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