GAP is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GAP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAP?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAP is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does GAP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A space or an opening between two things.
Gap comes from a Norse word for a chasm, and English narrowed it until one can be a few millimetres across. The figurative senses — a gap in the market, a generation gap — all arrived in the twentieth century and now outnumber the physical ones.
How GAP is used
Countable: a gap, two gaps.
- The gap in the hedge is where everybody gets through.
- A gap of two millimetres is enough to let the draught in.
- They found a gap in the market and filled it badly.
- The generation gap was named in the 1960s.
- Mind the gap between the train and the platform.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAP
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with GAP.
Words ending in GAP
3 words end in GAP. Useful as a back hook: play GAP onto a word already on the board.
Words with GAP inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain GAP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GAP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GAP
Common questions about GAP
- Is GAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAP, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAP worth?
- GAP is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAP mean?
- A space or an opening between two things.
- What letters can be added to GAP?
- GAP takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GAP:
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