GARIGUE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GARIGUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GARIGUE?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GARIGUE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GARIGUE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gariguesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GARIGUE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GARIGUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 228,732.
What does GARIGUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
Low, open scrubland of the Mediterranean, made up of aromatic shrubs and herbs on poor, dry soil.
Garigue is shorter and sparser than maquis, with thyme, rosemary and lavender scattered among bare rock. It usually marks land degraded by grazing and burning over centuries.
How GARIGUE is used
Garigue is used in ecology and travel writing about the Mediterranean.
- Wild thyme perfumed the garigue above the sea.
- Goats grazed the stony garigue behind the village.
- Botanists mapped the garigue for rare orchids.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GARIGUE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GARIGUE
1 longer words begin with GARIGUE.
Shorter words from the letters in GARIGUE
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Common questions about GARIGUE
- Is GARIGUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GARIGUE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GARIGUE worth?
- GARIGUE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GARIGUE mean?
- Low, open scrubland of the Mediterranean, made up of aromatic shrubs and herbs on poor, dry soil.
- What letters can be added to GARIGUE?
- GARIGUE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GARIGUE:
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