GECK is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GECK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GECK?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GECK is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GECK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GECK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GECK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does GECK mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To mock or deride somebody.
Geck is Scots and northern and came from Dutch, and Shakespeare used the noun meaning a dupe. It survives almost only in dialect writing and in glossaries to his plays.
How GECK is used
Gecked, gecking. Also a noun. Scots.
- They gecked at him until he left the room.
- The word geck came into Scots from Dutch.
- A geck in Shakespeare is somebody who has been fooled.
- Geck survives in dialect writing and glossaries.
- Two neighbours gecking over a fence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GECK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GECK
6 longer words begin with GECK.
Shorter words from the letters in GECK
Common questions about GECK
- Is GECK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GECK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GECK worth?
- GECK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GECK mean?
- To mock or deride somebody.
- What letters can be added to GECK?
- GECK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GECK:
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