GALLICAN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GALLICAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GALLICAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GALLICAN is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GALLICAN
No single letter turns GALLICAN into another word.
How GALLICAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GALLICAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GALLICAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GALLICAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
historical
Of or relating to Gaul or France, especially the French Catholic movement that resisted papal authority.
Gallican ideas flourished in seventeenth-century France, when kings and bishops argued that the French church should govern its own affairs. Historians contrast the Gallican position with ultramontane views that favoured strong control from Rome.
How GALLICAN is used
Gallican is a term from church history and is usually capitalised.
- The Gallican bishops met to defend their traditional rights.
- He wrote a thesis on Gallican liberties under Louis XIV.
- A Gallican rite was once used in the churches of Gaul.
- Her essay compared Gallican and Roman positions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GALLICAN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about GALLICAN
- Is GALLICAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GALLICAN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GALLICAN worth?
- GALLICAN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GALLICAN mean?
- Of or relating to Gaul or France, especially the French Catholic movement that resisted papal authority.
- What letters can be added to GALLICAN?
- No single letter can be added to GALLICAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GALLICAN:
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