GARISH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GARISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GARISH?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GARISH is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GARISH
No single letter turns GARISH into another word.
How GARISH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GARISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 102,199.
What does GARISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Too bright, loud or colourful in a way that looks cheap and tasteless.
Garish is a word of mild disapproval, used when colours or decorations clash or shout for attention instead of pleasing the eye. It is most often applied to clothes, painted signs, lighting and interiors. A bold colour on its own is not garish; the word suggests that the effect is crude, overdone or lacking in taste.
How GARISH is used
Always critical in tone; a writer who calls something garish is rarely praising it.
- The shop front was painted in a garish mix of orange and green.
- She wore a garish scarf that clashed with everything else.
- Garish neon signs lit up the whole street at night.
- The hotel lobby was a garish place full of gold paint and plastic palms.
- Nobody liked the garish poster on the wall of the office.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GARISH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GARISH
6 longer words begin with GARISH.
Shorter words from the letters in GARISH
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Common questions about GARISH
- Is GARISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GARISH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GARISH worth?
- GARISH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GARISH mean?
- Too bright, loud or colourful in a way that looks cheap and tasteless.
- What letters can be added to GARISH?
- No single letter can be added to GARISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GARISH:
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