GEL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. GEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GEL?
| 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 GEL is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GEL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does GEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thick jelly-like substance.
Gel is a back-formation from gelatine, coined by a chemist in 1899, which makes it one of very few laboratory words that everybody now uses without thinking. The hair product borrowed the name in the 1960s and largely took it over.
How GEL is used
Countable and uncountable. Also a verb: gelled, gelling.
- A gel sets without freezing and melts without boiling.
- The word gel was coined by a chemist in 1899.
- The team gelled in the second half of the season.
- Two gels of different strengths for the same job.
- Hair gel borrowed a laboratory word in the 1960s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GEL
The 3 tiles of GEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GEL
Showing 24 of 94 words that begin with GEL.
Words ending in GEL
21 words end in GEL. Useful as a back hook: play GEL onto a word already on the board.
Words with GEL inside
Showing 24 of 282 words that contain GEL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GEL
Common questions about GEL
- Is GEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GEL, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GEL worth?
- GEL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GEL mean?
- A thick jelly-like substance.
- What letters can be added to GEL?
- GEL takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GEL:
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