GANGLAND is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GANGLAND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GANGLAND?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GANGLAND is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GANGLAND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ganglandsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GANGLAND scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GANGLAND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GANGLAND has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GANGLAND mean in Scrabble?
noun
The shadowy world of organised criminal gangs and their territories.
Film posters and newspaper headlines use gangland as a tag for violent feuds between criminal crews. The word often forms a compound adjective, as in a gangland killing or a gangland boss.
How GANGLAND is used
Gangland frequently modifies words like killing, boss or feud in crime reporting.
- The detective had spent years investigating gangland rivalries.
- A gangland shooting shocked the quiet neighbourhood.
- The film showed gangland Chicago in the 1920s.
- He grew up on the fringes of gangland.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GANGLAND and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GANGLAND
1 longer words begin with GANGLAND.
Shorter words from the letters in GANGLAND
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Common questions about GANGLAND
- Is GANGLAND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GANGLAND, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GANGLAND worth?
- GANGLAND is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GANGLAND mean?
- The shadowy world of organised criminal gangs and their territories.
- What letters can be added to GANGLAND?
- GANGLAND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GANGLAND:
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