GENDARME is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GENDARME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GENDARME?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GENDARME is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GENDARME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gendarmesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GENDARME scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GENDARME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GENDARME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GENDARME mean in Scrabble?
noun
A member of the paramilitary police force in France and some other French-speaking countries.
Gendarmes keep order mostly in rural areas and on roads, while city police form a separate body. Climbers also use the word for a rock tower that blocks a ridge and has to be climbed around, since it stands like a guard on the path.
How GENDARME is used
Gendarme refers to French armed police, and in mountaineering to a pinnacle on a ridge.
- A gendarme stopped the car at the village crossroads.
- The climbers had to go around the gendarme on the ridge.
- The gendarme checked their papers politely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GENDARME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GENDARME
4 longer words begin with GENDARME.
Shorter words from the letters in GENDARME
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Common questions about GENDARME
- Is GENDARME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GENDARME, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GENDARME worth?
- GENDARME is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GENDARME mean?
- A member of the paramilitary police force in France and some other French-speaking countries.
- What letters can be added to GENDARME?
- GENDARME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GENDARME:
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