GAPY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GAPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAPY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAPY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAPY
No single letter turns GAPY into another word.
How GAPY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GAPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does GAPY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Affected by a parasitic worm of the windpipe.
Gapy describes a bird gaping for breath because a worm is blocking the airway, and the disease is named directly from that symptom. It kills young pheasants and chickens and is treated with a dose in the water.
How GAPY is used
Before and after the noun. Chiefly veterinary.
- A gapy chick will not survive without treatment.
- The word gapy names the symptom and not the worm.
- Young pheasants go gapy faster than older birds.
- A gapy bird gapes because the airway is blocked.
- Two gapy birds in a pen means the whole pen is infected.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GAPY
Common questions about GAPY
- Is GAPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAPY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAPY worth?
- GAPY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAPY mean?
- Affected by a parasitic worm of the windpipe.
- What letters can be added to GAPY?
- No single letter can be added to GAPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GAPY:
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