GALOP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GALOP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GALOP?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GALOP is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GALOP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
galopsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GALOP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GALOP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does GALOP mean in Scrabble?
noun
musichistorical
A lively ballroom dance in quick duple time, popular in nineteenth-century Europe, along with the music written for it.
Dancers performed the galop with fast, hopping steps that made it one of the most energetic dances of its era, often placed last on a ball programme so the evening ended at full speed. Composers such as Johann Strauss and Jacques Offenbach wrote music specifically for this brisk two-beat rhythm, and some of those pieces are still famous today even though the dance itself fell out of fashion. English borrowed the word from French, which had earlier taken it from a term describing a horse's fastest gait.
How GALOP is used
A historical dance and music term, now mainly used by musicians and dance historians.
- The orchestra closed the ball with a rousing galop.
- Couples spun rapidly through the final galop.
- Offenbach composed a famous galop for his operetta.
- The dance master taught the steps of the galop.
- A quick galop ended the evening's programme.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GALOP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GALOP
9 longer words begin with GALOP.
Words with GALOP inside
7 words contain GALOP in the middle. Words that start with GALOP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GALOP
Common questions about GALOP
- Is GALOP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GALOP, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GALOP worth?
- GALOP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GALOP mean?
- A lively ballroom dance in quick duple time, popular in nineteenth-century Europe, along with the music written for it.
- What letters can be added to GALOP?
- GALOP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GALOP:
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