GAVAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GAVAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAVAGE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAVAGE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAVAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gavagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAVAGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GAVAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does GAVAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The feeding of a person or animal by passing liquid food through a tube into the stomach.
Hospitals use gavage for patients who cannot swallow safely, such as premature babies or people recovering from certain surgeries, passing nutrients through a tube that runs through the nose or mouth. The term comes from French and also describes the controversial forced feeding of birds to fatten them. Today the medical meaning is by far the more common in everyday writing.
How GAVAGE is used
Medical term; the poultry-farming use is more contentious.
- The nurse prepared the infant for gavage with a soft feeding tube.
- After the operation he needed gavage for several days.
- Gavage can supply nutrition when the patient will not eat.
- The laboratory fed the mice by gavage to measure the dose exactly.
- The article compared gavage in hospitals with its use on farms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAVAGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAVAGE
1 longer words begin with GAVAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in GAVAGE
Common questions about GAVAGE
- Is GAVAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAVAGE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAVAGE worth?
- GAVAGE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAVAGE mean?
- The feeding of a person or animal by passing liquid food through a tube into the stomach.
- What letters can be added to GAVAGE?
- GAVAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GAVAGE:
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