GARNI is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GARNI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GARNI?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GARNI is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GARNI
No single letter turns GARNI into another word.
How GARNI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GARNI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,606.
What stands out about GARNI
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GARNI mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Garnished, especially describing a dish of meat or poultry served together with a side of vegetables.
Garni is a French word that passed into English strictly as a menu term, most familiar today in phrases such as choucroute garni, a dish of sauerkraut served garni with sausages, ham, and other cured meats. On older continental menus a dish marked garni told a diner that the plate would arrive with vegetables already arranged around the main item, sparing the need to order separate side dishes. The word is also related to the more common English phrase bouquet garni, a small bundle of herbs tied together and used to flavor a soup or stew before being removed. Outside these fixed culinary phrases, garni rarely appears in ordinary English writing, staying almost entirely within menus, cookbooks, and writing about French cuisine.
How GARNI is used
A French loanword used chiefly on menus and in cookery writing, almost always attached to a specific dish name.
- The menu listed choucroute garni among the evening's specials.
- A plate ordered garni arrived already surrounded by mixed vegetables.
- The recipe called for a bouquet garni tied with kitchen string.
- Older French cookbooks used garni to mean served with vegetables.
- He chose the dish garni rather than paying extra for a side order.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GARNI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GARNI
The 5 tiles of GARNI in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with GARNI
23 longer words begin with GARNI.
Words with GARNI inside
9 words contain GARNI in the middle. Words that start with GARNI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GARNI
Common questions about GARNI
- Is GARNI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GARNI, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GARNI worth?
- GARNI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GARNI mean?
- Garnished, especially describing a dish of meat or poultry served together with a side of vegetables.
- What letters can be added to GARNI?
- No single letter can be added to GARNI to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GARNI:
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