GATS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GATS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GATS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GATS is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GATS
No single letter turns GATS into another word.
How GATS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GATS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What stands out about GATS
- The same 4 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 GATS mean in Scrabble?
noun
slanghistoricalNorth American
Guns, especially handguns; the plural of gat, old slang for a pistol.
Gat was gangster slang in early twentieth century America, shortened from Gatling gun, the rapid firing weapon whose name lent its first syllable to a much smaller pistol. Gats appears in crime fiction and old films whenever more than one weapon is meant.
How GATS is used
Dated slang, associated with 1920s and 1930s gangster fiction rather than current speech.
- The gang hid their gats under the floorboards.
- Old films show detectives waving their gats at cornered crooks.
- He bragged about the gats stashed in the getaway car.
- Two gats lay on the table when the police broke in.
- The novel is full of slang like gats and dames.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GATS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GATS
The 4 tiles of GATS in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in GATS
3 words end in GATS. Useful as a back hook: play GATS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in GATS
Common questions about GATS
- Is GATS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GATS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GATS worth?
- GATS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GATS mean?
- Guns, especially handguns; the plural of gat, old slang for a pistol.
- What letters can be added to GATS?
- No single letter can be added to GATS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GATS:
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