GAMAY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GAMAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAMAY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAMAY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAMAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gamaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAMAY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GAMAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does GAMAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A variety of red wine grape grown chiefly in the Beaujolais region of France, or the light, fruity red wine made from it.
Gamay is best known as the grape behind Beaujolais, where it produces wines that are light in body and often drunk young rather than aged for years. The name refers equally to the grape vine itself and to the finished wine poured from it. Winemakers outside France, including in parts of North America, now also grow gamay for similarly fresh, fruit-forward reds.
How GAMAY is used
A specialist term from winemaking, used when naming or describing the grape variety or the wine itself.
- The waiter recommended a chilled gamay to go with the picnic food.
- Gamay vines cover much of the hillsides around Beaujolais.
- This gamay tastes of ripe cherries and has almost no tannin.
- Some growers in Oregon now plant gamay alongside pinot noir.
- A young gamay is meant to be drunk within a year or two.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAMAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAMAY
1 longer words begin with GAMAY.
Shorter words from the letters in GAMAY
Common questions about GAMAY
- Is GAMAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAMAY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAMAY worth?
- GAMAY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAMAY mean?
- A variety of red wine grape grown chiefly in the Beaujolais region of France, or the light, fruity red wine made from it.
- What letters can be added to GAMAY?
- GAMAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GAMAY:
Open GAMAY in the Word Finder