GALLOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GALLOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GALLOUS?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GALLOUS is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GALLOUS
No single letter turns GALLOUS into another word.
How GALLOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GALLOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does GALLOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Containing gallium, especially in its lower valence state.
Chemists contrast gallous compounds with gallic ones, which contain gallium in the higher valence. The word has no link to courage or to the gallows, despite looking similar.
How GALLOUS is used
Gallous is a narrow chemistry term found in inorganic compound names.
- The textbook described a gallous chloride and its properties.
- In a gallous salt the metal carries a lower charge.
- Students learned to tell a gallous compound from a gallic one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GALLOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GALLOUS
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Common questions about GALLOUS
- Is GALLOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GALLOUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GALLOUS worth?
- GALLOUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GALLOUS mean?
- Containing gallium, especially in its lower valence state.
- What letters can be added to GALLOUS?
- No single letter can be added to GALLOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GALLOUS:
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