GANNISTER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GANNISTER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GANNISTER?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GANNISTER is to know. It scores 10 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GANNISTER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gannistersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GANNISTER scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GANNISTER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GANNISTER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GANNISTER mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hard, fine-grained quartz rock or crushed siliceous material used to line furnaces.
Gannister resists great heat, which is why steelworks used it for the linings of Bessemer converters. It was also crushed to surface roads. The word is mostly industrial and geological, and is also spelled ganister.
How GANNISTER is used
Used in metallurgy, mining and geology.
- The furnace was lined with gannister.
- Gannister was dug from the hillside quarry.
- A layer of gannister gave the road a firm surface.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GANNISTER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GANNISTER
1 longer words begin with GANNISTER.
Shorter words from the letters in GANNISTER
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Common questions about GANNISTER
- Is GANNISTER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GANNISTER, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GANNISTER worth?
- GANNISTER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GANNISTER mean?
- A hard, fine-grained quartz rock or crushed siliceous material used to line furnaces.
- What letters can be added to GANNISTER?
- GANNISTER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GANNISTER:
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