GELADA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GELADA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GELADA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GELADA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GELADA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
geladasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GELADA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GELADA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does GELADA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large, ground-dwelling baboon from the highlands of Ethiopia, marked by a bare, reddish patch of skin on its chest.
The gelada is unusual among primates for spending most of its life sitting and grazing on grasses and seeds rather than climbing trees like many of its relatives. Males grow a thick mane around the neck and shoulders, and the bright red patch of skin on the chest once led early naturalists to give the species a colourful popular nickname. Gelada troops can number in the hundreds, making them one of the largest social groups found among primates, and they live only in the high grasslands of the Ethiopian plateau. The name gelada applies to the whole species, and no closely related animal shares either the name or its unusual grass-eating habits.
How GELADA is used
A zoological term for this particular baboon species, met mainly in nature writing and wildlife documentaries.
- A troop of gelada grazed calmly on the steep grassy slopes.
- The male gelada displayed his mane to warn off a rival.
- Photographers travelled to Ethiopia to capture the gelada in its highland home.
- Each gelada troop can include dozens of related females and their young.
- The red chest patch makes an adult gelada easy to identify at a distance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GELADA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GELADA
1 longer words begin with GELADA.
Shorter words from the letters in GELADA
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Common questions about GELADA
- Is GELADA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GELADA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GELADA worth?
- GELADA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GELADA mean?
- A large, ground-dwelling baboon from the highlands of Ethiopia, marked by a bare, reddish patch of skin on its chest.
- What letters can be added to GELADA?
- GELADA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GELADA:
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