GAULT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GAULT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAULT?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAULT is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAULT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gaultsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAULT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GAULT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does GAULT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A stiff, heavy clay or clayey soil, especially one that lies beneath layers of chalk and is used in brickmaking.
Gault sits between softer, sandier ground and drains poorly, so farmers have long regarded land built on gault as difficult to work. Brickmakers, however, prize the same clay because it fires into a pale, durable brick once mixed with sand and burned in a kiln. Geologists in England also use gault to name a specific Cretaceous rock layer found beneath the chalk downs.
How GAULT is used
Mainly a British geological and agricultural term, used more by specialists than in everyday speech.
- The farmer complained that gault turned to sticky mud after every rain.
- Local brickworks dug gault from a pit behind the village.
- Engineers noted a thick band of gault beneath the chalk.
- Old cottages in the area were built from bricks fired from gault.
- The survey mapped where gault met the sandier soil above it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAULT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GAULT
The 5 tiles of GAULT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GAULT
5 longer words begin with GAULT.
Shorter words from the letters in GAULT
Common questions about GAULT
- Is GAULT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAULT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAULT worth?
- GAULT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAULT mean?
- A stiff, heavy clay or clayey soil, especially one that lies beneath layers of chalk and is used in brickmaking.
- What letters can be added to GAULT?
- GAULT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GAULT:
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