GAMUT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GAMUT 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 GAMUT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAMUT is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAMUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gamutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAMUT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GAMUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does GAMUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
The complete range or scope of something, from one extreme to the other.
Gamut began as a medieval music term naming the full scale of notes a singer could produce, formed by joining the Greek letter gamma with the syllable ut, the lowest note in an old solmization system. Over time English speakers stretched the word beyond music to describe any complete span, so a person can experience a gamut of emotions from joy to despair, or a shop can stock goods across a wide price gamut. Because the word implies covering every point along a scale, it works best when a writer wants to stress completeness rather than just variety.
How GAMUT is used
Common in everyday and formal writing, most often in the fixed phrase run the gamut of something.
- Her performance covered the full gamut of emotions.
- The menu offers a gamut of flavours from mild to fiery.
- His work runs the gamut from painting to sculpture.
- The report examined the entire gamut of possible outcomes.
- Colours in the collection span the whole gamut of blues.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAMUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAMUT
1 longer words begin with GAMUT.
Shorter words from the letters in GAMUT
Common questions about GAMUT
- Is GAMUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAMUT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAMUT worth?
- GAMUT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAMUT mean?
- The complete range or scope of something, from one extreme to the other.
- What letters can be added to GAMUT?
- GAMUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GAMUT:
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