GALERE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GALERE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GALERE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GALERE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GALERE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
galeresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GALERE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GALERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,873.
What does GALERE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryrare
A group of people, especially one seen as disreputable, unwelcome, or drawn together by an unfortunate situation.
Galere is borrowed from French, where it originally named a type of ship rowed by galley slaves before it took on the figurative sense of an unpleasant crowd or company. English writers use galere, often italicised, to describe a group whose members share some unwelcome quality, such as being dishonest, disreputable, or simply out of place together. The word carries a faintly literary or old-fashioned tone and is rarely found outside more formal or bookish writing.
How GALERE is used
A literary loanword from French, used to describe an unwelcome or disreputable group rather than in everyday speech.
- The critic dismissed the whole galere of minor poets in one sentence.
- He found himself trapped among a galere of con artists and drifters.
- The novel follows a strange galere of exiles thrown together on one ship.
- She wanted nothing to do with that galere of gossiping neighbours.
- The memoir describes the odd galere gathered at the wartime hotel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GALERE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GALERE
The 6 tiles of GALERE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GALERE
1 longer words begin with GALERE.
Shorter words from the letters in GALERE
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Common questions about GALERE
- Is GALERE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GALERE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GALERE worth?
- GALERE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GALERE mean?
- A group of people, especially one seen as disreputable, unwelcome, or drawn together by an unfortunate situation.
- What letters can be added to GALERE?
- GALERE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GALERE:
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