GELID is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GELID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GELID?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GELID is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GELID
No single letter turns GELID into another word.
How GELID scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GELID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does GELID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Extremely cold; icy.
Writers reach for gelid when plain cold feels too weak for the scene, describing a gelid wind, a gelid stream, or even a gelid stare that carries no warmth at all. The word comes from a Latin root meaning to freeze, the same source that gives English the more everyday word jelly, through the idea of something set firm by cold. Because it sounds formal and slightly unusual, gelid appears mainly in poetry, fiction, and other literary writing rather than in ordinary conversation about the weather. A character described as having gelid eyes is understood at once to be cold in manner as well as in temperature.
How GELID is used
A literary word for extreme cold, used mainly in poetry and fiction rather than in everyday weather talk.
- A gelid wind swept across the empty moor.
- She felt the gelid water close over her ankles.
- His gelid stare made the room fall silent.
- The poem describes a gelid winter that never seems to end.
- Frost formed on the gelid surface of the pond overnight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GELID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GELID
The 5 tiles of GELID in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GELID
7 longer words begin with GELID.
Shorter words from the letters in GELID
Common questions about GELID
- Is GELID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GELID, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GELID worth?
- GELID is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GELID mean?
- Extremely cold; icy.
- What letters can be added to GELID?
- No single letter can be added to GELID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GELID:
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