GASPY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. GASPY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GASPY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GASPY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GASPY
No single letter turns GASPY into another word.
How GASPY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GASPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does GASPY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Marked by short, quick, laboured breaths, as if struggling to get enough air.
A gaspy voice or a gaspy laugh breaks up into little catches of breath instead of flowing smoothly, something noticed after running hard, after a shock, or during a bad cold. Writers reach for it when plain breathless feels too flat, since gaspy suggests the actual rhythm of the sound rather than just the state of the person.
How GASPY is used
Informal; common in descriptive prose and casual speech rather than clinical writing.
- Her gaspy reply told him she had run the whole way there.
- The singer gave the last line a gaspy, half-whispered edge.
- He answered in a gaspy rush between coughs.
- A gaspy silence followed the sudden drop in the road.
- The old recording captures a gaspy, urgent tone in the announcer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GASPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GASPY
Common questions about GASPY
- Is GASPY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GASPY is not in it.
- How many points is GASPY worth?
- GASPY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GASPY mean?
- Marked by short, quick, laboured breaths, as if struggling to get enough air.
- What letters can be added to GASPY?
- No single letter can be added to GASPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GASPY:
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