GANNET is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GANNET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GANNET?
| 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 GANNET is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GANNET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gannetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GANNET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GANNET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,880.
What does GANNET mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large seabird with mostly white plumage that catches fish by plunging steeply into the water.
A gannet nests in large, noisy colonies on coastal cliffs and offshore rocks, and it is famous for folding its wings and diving from great heights to spear fish underwater. Sharp eyesight lets a gannet spot shoals from far above the surface before committing to the dive. In British informal speech gannet is also used, half-jokingly, for someone who eats greedily, borrowing the bird's reputation for gulping down fish whole.
How GANNET is used
Chiefly a seabird name; informally, British speakers sometimes call a greedy eater a gannet.
- The gannet folded its wings and plunged after the fish.
- Thousands of gannets nested on the cliff ledges.
- A gannet colony can be heard from far out at sea.
- He ate like a gannet at the buffet table.
- Fishermen watched the gannets to find where the shoal was moving.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GANNET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GANNET
3 longer words begin with GANNET.
Shorter words from the letters in GANNET
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Common questions about GANNET
- Is GANNET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GANNET, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GANNET worth?
- GANNET is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GANNET mean?
- A large seabird with mostly white plumage that catches fish by plunging steeply into the water.
- What letters can be added to GANNET?
- GANNET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GANNET:
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