GAZETTE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. GAZETTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAZETTE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 65 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAZETTE is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAZETTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAZETTE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GAZETTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 598,861.
What does GAZETTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A newspaper or journal, especially one that publishes official announcements.
Governments print appointments and notices in an official gazette, and many local papers still use the word in their titles. As a verb, to gazette is to publish something officially in such a paper.
How GAZETTE is used
The noun gazette appears in newspaper names and in official notices.
- His promotion was announced in the gazette on Friday.
- She read the local gazette over breakfast.
- The law took effect once it appeared in the gazette.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAZETTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAZETTE
7 longer words begin with GAZETTE.
Shorter words from the letters in GAZETTE
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Common questions about GAZETTE
- Is GAZETTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAZETTE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAZETTE worth?
- GAZETTE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAZETTE mean?
- A newspaper or journal, especially one that publishes official announcements.
- What letters can be added to GAZETTE?
- GAZETTE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GAZETTE:
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