GAMBIR is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GAMBIR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAMBIR?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAMBIR is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAMBIR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gambirsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAMBIR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GAMBIR, 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 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 204,399.
What does GAMBIR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An astringent extract boiled from the leaves of a tropical Asian climbing shrub, used in tanning and dyeing.
Gambir is made by boiling the leaves and twigs of a plant native to southeast Asia, then drying the thick juice into small cakes. Traders sold it for tanning leather and dyeing cloth, and in Asia it is also chewed with betel. The name comes from Malay. Gambier is another common spelling for the same substance.
How GAMBIR is used
Technical and historical; used in trade, tanning and botany.
- Merchants shipped gambir from Malacca to the tanneries.
- A cake of gambir was dissolved in hot water.
- The tanner added gambir to the vat of hides.
- Gambir stained the cloth a warm brown.
- Plantations of gambir once covered the island.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAMBIR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAMBIR
1 longer words begin with GAMBIR.
Shorter words from the letters in GAMBIR
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Common questions about GAMBIR
- Is GAMBIR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAMBIR, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAMBIR worth?
- GAMBIR is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAMBIR mean?
- An astringent extract boiled from the leaves of a tropical Asian climbing shrub, used in tanning and dyeing.
- What letters can be added to GAMBIR?
- GAMBIR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GAMBIR:
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