GED is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GED?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GED is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GED
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GED scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does GED mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectregionalBritish
A pike, the long freshwater fish, in northern English and Scots dialect.
Ged is the old dialect name anglers and country people in the north of England and Scotland used for the pike. It names a large predatory fish that lies in wait in still or slow-moving water.
How GED is used
Regional dialect; largely replaced by pike in standard English.
- He hooked a fine ged from the loch that morning.
- The old fishermen still call a big pike a ged.
- A ged that size would have fought hard on the line.
- She fried the ged fresh from the river for supper.
- Local names like ged for the pike are fading from use.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GED
The 3 tiles of GED in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GED
7 longer words begin with GED.
Words ending in GED
Showing 24 of 704 words that end in GED. Useful as a back hook: play GED onto a word already on the board.
Words with GED inside
Showing 24 of 78 words that contain GED somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GED
Common questions about GED
- Is GED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GED, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GED worth?
- GED is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GED mean?
- A pike, the long freshwater fish, in northern English and Scots dialect.
- What letters can be added to GED?
- GED takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GED:
Open GED in the Word Finder