GAU is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. GAU 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GAU?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAU is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAU scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does GAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A regional administrative district, especially one of the territorial divisions used by the Nazi Party in Germany.
A gau was a unit of local government and party organization headed by an official called a Gauleiter. The German word itself originally meant simply a district or region before it became closely tied to this twentieth-century political use.
How GAU is used
Historical; used mainly when discussing German administrative history rather than in everyday speech.
- Each gau was administered by a party official answerable to Berlin.
- Historians divide the country's wartime record by gau to compare local policies.
- The city fell within the boundaries of a large gau in the west.
- Records from the gau office listed every local appointment.
- The book traces how power passed from the national party down to each gau.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GAU
The 3 tiles of GAU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GAU
Showing 24 of 120 words that begin with GAU.
Words ending in GAU
1 words end in GAU. Useful as a back hook: play GAU onto a word already on the board.
Words with GAU inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain GAU somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GAU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GAU
Common questions about GAU
- Is GAU valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GAU is not in it.
- How many points is GAU worth?
- GAU is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAU mean?
- A regional administrative district, especially one of the territorial divisions used by the Nazi Party in Germany.
- What letters can be added to GAU?
- GAU takes 6 hooks: 0 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GAU:
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