GANDER is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GANDER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GANDER?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GANDER is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GANDER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gandersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GANDER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GANDER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What stands out about GANDER
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GANDER mean in Scrabble?
noun
An adult male goose.
A gander is simply the male counterpart of a goose, in the same way a drake is the male of a duck, and farmers use the word to tell breeding birds apart at a glance. The word also lives on in the informal phrase take a gander, meaning to have a quick look at something, which grew out of the way a goose stretches and turns its neck to see. Geese pair for life, and a gander will often defend the nest and goslings aggressively if approached, which is where its slightly comic reputation for bad temper comes from. Despite that second, informal sense, the core meaning of gander stays firmly tied to the bird.
How GANDER is used
Everyday word on farms and in nature writing for the bird; the phrase take a gander is informal.
- The gander hissed at anyone who came too close to the pond.
- A single gander watched over the flock of geese and their goslings.
- He took a gander at the newspaper before folding it away again.
- The farmer separated the gander from the geese during the off season.
- A gander can be surprisingly aggressive when defending its territory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GANDER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GANDER
The 6 tiles of GANDER in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with GANDER
5 longer words begin with GANDER.
Shorter words from the letters in GANDER
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Common questions about GANDER
- Is GANDER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GANDER, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GANDER worth?
- GANDER is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GANDER mean?
- An adult male goose.
- What letters can be added to GANDER?
- GANDER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GANDER:
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