GAMBIER is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GAMBIER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAMBIER?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAMBIER is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAMBIER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gambiersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAMBIER scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GAMBIER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 228,732.
What does GAMBIER mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A brown resin-like substance boiled out of the leaves of a Malayan vine, used for tanning leather and as a dye.
Traders shipped gambier from Southeast Asia for leather workers and dyers. People in some regions also chewed it with betel. The word names both the plant product and, loosely, the shrub it comes from.
How GAMBIER is used
Gambier appears in trade history and in texts about tanning materials.
- Merchants loaded sacks of gambier onto the ship.
- The tannery bought gambier to cure its hides.
- Gambier stained the cloth a warm brown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAMBIER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAMBIER
1 longer words begin with GAMBIER.
Shorter words from the letters in GAMBIER
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Common questions about GAMBIER
- Is GAMBIER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAMBIER, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAMBIER worth?
- GAMBIER is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAMBIER mean?
- A brown resin-like substance boiled out of the leaves of a Malayan vine, used for tanning leather and as a dye.
- What letters can be added to GAMBIER?
- GAMBIER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GAMBIER:
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