GALL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GALL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GALL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GALL is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GALL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GALL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GALL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,205.
What does GALL mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Bold, disrespectful confidence; the nerve to do something considered rude or shocking.
Gall names the kind of boldness that ignores normal manners, as when someone has the gall to demand a favor after causing trouble. The word also has an older, literal meaning as bile from the body, and by extension came to stand for anything bitter, before settling into its common modern sense of shameless nerve.
How GALL is used
Informal; typically used in phrases like have the gall to.
- He had the gall to ask for a raise after missing deadlines.
- She showed real gall by cutting to the front of the line.
- It took gall to criticize the plan he himself had written.
- The thief had the gall to return to the same shop.
- Only pure gall could explain such a rude reply.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GALL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GALL
Showing 24 of 187 words that begin with GALL.
Words ending in GALL
9 words end in GALL. Useful as a back hook: play GALL onto a word already on the board.
Words with GALL inside
Showing 24 of 51 words that contain GALL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GALL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GALL
Common questions about GALL
- Is GALL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GALL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GALL worth?
- GALL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GALL mean?
- Bold, disrespectful confidence; the nerve to do something considered rude or shocking.
- What letters can be added to GALL?
- GALL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GALL:
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