GANGLE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GANGLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GANGLE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GANGLE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GANGLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GANGLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GANGLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does GANGLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To move in an awkward, loose-limbed way, as if the arms and legs are not quite under control.
Gangle describes the particular kind of movement associated with someone very tall and thin, whose long limbs seem to swing a little out of rhythm with the rest of the body. It is closely related to the more common adjective gangly, which describes a person built that way, but gangle itself names the awkward walking or moving rather than the build. The word is informal and mostly turns up in descriptive writing about people or young animals, such as a foal or a teenager who has grown quickly. Because it describes motion rather than appearance, gangle works well in a sentence where gangly would need an extra verb.
How GANGLE is used
Informal and mostly literary; used to describe an awkward, loose gait rather than simply being tall.
- The newborn foal tried to gangle across the paddock on its first day.
- He watched the teenager gangle down the hallway, all elbows and knees.
- She could always spot him in a crowd by the way he seemed to gangle rather than walk.
- The puppet was made to gangle across the stage on loose strings.
- Tired after the long run, the athletes began to gangle rather than stride.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GANGLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GANGLE
The 6 tiles of GANGLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GANGLE
2 longer words begin with GANGLE.
Shorter words from the letters in GANGLE
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Common questions about GANGLE
- Is GANGLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GANGLE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GANGLE worth?
- GANGLE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GANGLE mean?
- To move in an awkward, loose-limbed way, as if the arms and legs are not quite under control.
- What letters can be added to GANGLE?
- GANGLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GANGLE:
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