GELS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GELS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GELS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GELS is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GELS
No single letter turns GELS into another word.
How GELS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GELS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does GELS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritisharchaic
Girls; an old-fashioned informal British way of writing or imitating the pronunciation of girls.
Gels represents a clipped, upper class British pronunciation of girls, often used affectionately or humorously by a teacher, headmistress or older speaker addressing a group of young women, as in the phrase come along, gels. It is now mostly used for comic or nostalgic effect rather than in ordinary speech.
How GELS is used
Old-fashioned and somewhat class-marked British usage; largely a stylised spelling rather than current slang.
- Now then, gels, settle down and open your books.
- The old novel has the headmistress calling out to her gels.
- He put on a plummy accent and said, well done, gels.
- The comedy sketch mocked the way she said gels instead of girls.
- Come along, gels, the coach leaves in five minutes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GELS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GELS
The 4 tiles of GELS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GELS
7 longer words begin with GELS.
Words ending in GELS
19 words end in GELS. Useful as a back hook: play GELS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in GELS
Common questions about GELS
- Is GELS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GELS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GELS worth?
- GELS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GELS mean?
- Girls; an old-fashioned informal British way of writing or imitating the pronunciation of girls.
- What letters can be added to GELS?
- No single letter can be added to GELS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GELS:
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