GALEA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GALEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GALEA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GALEA is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GALEA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GALEA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GALEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does GALEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A helmet-shaped structure found in anatomy, botany, or entomology, such as the tough sheet of tissue that caps the human scalp or the arched upper petal of certain flowers.
In human anatomy, the galea aponeurotica is a broad, tendon-like sheet that lies just beneath the scalp and connects the muscles at the front and back of the head, allowing the eyebrows to move independently of the scalp behind them. Botanists use the same word for the helmet-shaped upper lip found on flowers in the mint and figwort families, a hooded shape that often guides visiting insects toward the flower's nectar and pollen. Entomologists apply galea yet again to a small, blade-like part of an insect's mouth, used together with other mouthparts to bite, chew, or draw up liquid food. Despite naming three quite different structures, every galea shares the same basic idea: a curved, protective shape recalling an old-fashioned soldier's helmet.
How GALEA is used
A specialist anatomical, botanical, and entomological term, always describing a helmet-shaped structure of some kind.
- Surgeons must be careful when working near the galea during scalp surgery.
- The flower's galea curved over the smaller petals like a small hood.
- Under the microscope, the insect's galea appeared as a narrow, curved blade.
- The textbook diagram labeled the galea just beneath the layer of scalp tissue.
- Botanists used the shape of the galea to help identify the flower species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GALEA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GALEA
The 5 tiles of GALEA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GALEA
4 longer words begin with GALEA.
Shorter words from the letters in GALEA
Common questions about GALEA
- Is GALEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GALEA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GALEA worth?
- GALEA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GALEA mean?
- A helmet-shaped structure found in anatomy, botany, or entomology, such as the tough sheet of tissue that caps the human scalp or the arched upper petal of certain flowers.
- What letters can be added to GALEA?
- GALEA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
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