GAZON is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. GAZON is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GAZON?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAZON is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAZON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gazonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAZON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GAZON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does GAZON mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalobsolete
A piece of turf or sod used to face or line the earthworks of a fortification.
Military engineers once cut squares of grassy sod, each called a gazon, and laid them like bricks to face the earth walls of a fort or parapet. The turf held the soil in place and gave the raw earthworks a smoother, more defensible surface. The technique belongs to older fortification methods, so the word is now mainly historical.
How GAZON is used
The word is historical and obsolete; it belongs to older writing about fortification.
- Workers laid rows of gazon along the top of the rampart.
- The old manual describes cutting gazon in neat rectangular blocks.
- Rain had washed away part of the gazon facing the earthwork.
- Engineers reinforced the parapet with fresh gazon.
- The fort's earthen walls were finished with a layer of gazon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAZON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAZON
1 longer words begin with GAZON.
Shorter words from the letters in GAZON
Common questions about GAZON
- Is GAZON valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GAZON is not in it.
- How many points is GAZON worth?
- GAZON is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAZON mean?
- A piece of turf or sod used to face or line the earthworks of a fortification.
- What letters can be added to GAZON?
- GAZON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GAZON:
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