GANDY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. GANDY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept GANDY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GANDY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GANDY
No single letter turns GANDY into another word.
How GANDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GANDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does GANDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americaninformalhistorical
A labourer who lays and maintains railway track, especially one working with hand tools before heavy machinery took over the work.
Gandy is best known as part of the phrase gandy dancer, the traditional name for a worker who aligned and packed railway track by hand, moving in a rhythmic, dancelike motion as the crew worked together. On its own, gandy names the same kind of worker and is used as a shorter, informal alternative to the full phrase. The origin of the word is uncertain, though one common explanation links it to a manufacturer of railway hand tools. Mechanised track equipment eventually replaced most of this hand labour, so gandy now describes a mostly historical trade rather than a common modern job.
How GANDY is used
Informal, chiefly North American railroad term, now mostly historical since machinery replaced hand track work.
- His grandfather worked as a gandy on the Union Pacific line in the 1930s.
- The old photograph showed a gandy crew levelling track under the summer sun.
- Stories about the gandy and his heavy iron bar were passed down in the family.
- Few railroads still employ a gandy now that machines do the heaviest work.
- The museum exhibit honoured the gandy who built and maintained the early rail lines.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GANDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in GANDY
2 words end in GANDY. Useful as a back hook: play GANDY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in GANDY
Common questions about GANDY
- Is GANDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GANDY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GANDY worth?
- GANDY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GANDY mean?
- A labourer who lays and maintains railway track, especially one working with hand tools before heavy machinery took over the work.
- What letters can be added to GANDY?
- No single letter can be added to GANDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GANDY:
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