GAZE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. GAZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAZE?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAZE is to know. It scores 14 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAZE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAZE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GAZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,103.
What does GAZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To look steadily and intently at something.
Gaze became a technical term in film and art criticism during the 1970s, where the phrase built on it names whose point of view a picture assumes. That use has since spread a long way past the theory it started in.
How GAZE is used
Gazed, gazes. Also a noun.
- They gazed at it for a while and said nothing useful.
- The word gaze is a technical term in film criticism.
- She held his gaze until he looked away.
- A gaze is longer and more deliberate than a look.
- Criticism has used gaze in that sense since the 1970s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAZE
23 longer words begin with GAZE.
Words ending in GAZE
5 words end in GAZE. Useful as a back hook: play GAZE onto a word already on the board.
Words with GAZE inside
15 words contain GAZE in the middle. Words that start with GAZE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GAZE
Common questions about GAZE
- Is GAZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAZE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAZE worth?
- GAZE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAZE mean?
- To look steadily and intently at something.
- What letters can be added to GAZE?
- GAZE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GAZE:
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