GARBAGEMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. GARBAGEMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GARBAGEMAN?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GARBAGEMAN is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GARBAGEMAN
No single letter turns GARBAGEMAN into another word.
How GARBAGEMAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in GARBAGEMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GARBAGEMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GARBAGEMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A man whose job is to collect household rubbish from the kerb and carry it away on a truck.
In British speech the same worker is a dustman, so garbageman marks American usage. Many cities now prefer neutral titles such as sanitation worker.
How GARBAGEMAN is used
Common in everyday American English, often for the person on the early-morning truck.
- The garbageman emptied every bin on our street before seven.
- Our garbageman waves to the children each Tuesday.
- A garbageman found the lost ring in the rubbish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GARBAGEMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GARBAGEMAN
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Common questions about GARBAGEMAN
- Is GARBAGEMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GARBAGEMAN, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GARBAGEMAN worth?
- GARBAGEMAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GARBAGEMAN mean?
- A man whose job is to collect household rubbish from the kerb and carry it away on a truck.
- What letters can be added to GARBAGEMAN?
- No single letter can be added to GARBAGEMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of GARBAGEMAN:
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