GARBOLOGIST is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. GARBOLOGIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GARBOLOGIST?
| 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 GARBOLOGIST is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GARBOLOGIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
garbologistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GARBOLOGIST scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in GARBOLOGIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GARBOLOGIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GARBOLOGIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
humorous
A person who studies a community by examining the waste it throws away.
A garbologist treats rubbish as evidence, sorting bins to learn what people eat, buy and waste. The word is also used jokingly for refuse collectors.
How GARBOLOGIST is used
Informal or humorous term from the study called garbology.
- The garbologist sorted the landfill samples by decade.
- A garbologist can tell a lot about a town from its bins.
- He joked that he had become a garbologist after the cleanup.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GARBOLOGIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GARBOLOGIST
1 longer words begin with GARBOLOGIST.
Shorter words from the letters in GARBOLOGIST
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Common questions about GARBOLOGIST
- Is GARBOLOGIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GARBOLOGIST, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GARBOLOGIST worth?
- GARBOLOGIST is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GARBOLOGIST mean?
- A person who studies a community by examining the waste it throws away.
- What letters can be added to GARBOLOGIST?
- GARBOLOGIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of GARBOLOGIST:
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