GAUCHE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GAUCHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAUCHE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAUCHE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAUCHE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAUCHE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GAUCHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does GAUCHE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Lacking social ease or tact, and likely to say or do the awkward thing.
English took gauche from French, where it literally means left, in the old belief that the left hand is the clumsy one. A gauche remark is one that makes the room wince, and a gauche manner suggests shyness or inexperience rather than cruelty. Unlike rude, the word points to a lack of polish and is often used with a hint of sympathy. Its opposite in the same borrowed family is adroit, from the French word for right.
How GAUCHE is used
Fairly formal or literary; applied to behaviour, taste and manners.
- It was gauche of him to ask about her salary at dinner.
- The teenager felt gauche among the older guests.
- Her gauche attempt at a joke fell flat.
- Some found the loud decorations gauche and others found them charming.
- The film makes a gauche young clerk its hero.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAUCHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAUCHE
11 longer words begin with GAUCHE.
Shorter words from the letters in GAUCHE
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Common questions about GAUCHE
- Is GAUCHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAUCHE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAUCHE worth?
- GAUCHE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAUCHE mean?
- Lacking social ease or tact, and likely to say or do the awkward thing.
- What letters can be added to GAUCHE?
- GAUCHE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GAUCHE:
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