GASOGENE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GASOGENE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GASOGENE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GASOGENE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GASOGENE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gasogenesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GASOGENE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GASOGENE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GASOGENE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GASOGENE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A Victorian device for making fizzy water, using a glass vessel inside a wire-covered bottle.
The gasogene let households produce soda water at home by mixing acid and carbonate to release gas. It turns up in Sherlock Holmes stories, which is how many readers first meet the word. The French spelling gazogene is a rarer twin.
How GASOGENE is used
Gasogene is now met mainly in historical writing and antique collecting.
- A gasogene stood on the sideboard beside the whisky.
- Holmes asked for the gasogene and a few cigars.
- The museum displayed a Victorian gasogene in a wire cage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GASOGENE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GASOGENE
1 longer words begin with GASOGENE.
Shorter words from the letters in GASOGENE
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Common questions about GASOGENE
- Is GASOGENE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GASOGENE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GASOGENE worth?
- GASOGENE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GASOGENE mean?
- A Victorian device for making fizzy water, using a glass vessel inside a wire-covered bottle.
- What letters can be added to GASOGENE?
- GASOGENE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GASOGENE:
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