GALLEASS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GALLEASS 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 GALLEASS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GALLEASS is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GALLEASS
No single letter turns GALLEASS into another word.
How GALLEASS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GALLEASS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GALLEASS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GALLEASS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalnautical
A large, heavily armed war galley with three masts, used in the Mediterranean in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The galleass combined oars with sails and carried heavy guns along its sides. Venetian galleasses were important at the battle of Lepanto in 1571. The variant spelling galliass is also found.
How GALLEASS is used
Used by historians writing about naval warfare in the age of galleys.
- The Venetian galleass fired its broadside into the enemy line.
- A galleass could carry far more cannon than an ordinary galley.
- Museum models show the galleass with three tall masts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GALLEASS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GALLEASS
1 longer words begin with GALLEASS.
Shorter words from the letters in GALLEASS
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Common questions about GALLEASS
- Is GALLEASS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GALLEASS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GALLEASS worth?
- GALLEASS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GALLEASS mean?
- A large, heavily armed war galley with three masts, used in the Mediterranean in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
- What letters can be added to GALLEASS?
- No single letter can be added to GALLEASS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GALLEASS:
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