GANGRENE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GANGRENE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GANGRENE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GANGRENE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GANGRENE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GANGRENE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GANGRENE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GANGRENE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GANGRENE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The death and decay of body tissue after its blood supply is cut off by injury, infection or disease.
Gangrene usually starts in a limb, turning the skin dark and giving off a foul smell. It is a serious emergency, since the dead tissue can allow infection to spread through the rest of the body. Wars and diabetes have both been tied to many cases.
How GANGRENE is used
Gangrene is used literally in medicine and figuratively for any slow rot that spreads unchecked.
- Without treatment the wound developed gangrene.
- Doctors amputated the toe to stop the gangrene from spreading.
- Frostbite can lead to gangrene in fingers and toes.
- Critics said corruption was like gangrene in the city government.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GANGRENE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GANGRENE
2 longer words begin with GANGRENE.
Shorter words from the letters in GANGRENE
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Common questions about GANGRENE
- Is GANGRENE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GANGRENE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GANGRENE worth?
- GANGRENE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GANGRENE mean?
- The death and decay of body tissue after its blood supply is cut off by injury, infection or disease.
- What letters can be added to GANGRENE?
- GANGRENE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GANGRENE:
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