GENDARMERY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. GENDARMERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GENDARMERY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GENDARMERY is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GENDARMERY
No single letter turns GENDARMERY into another word.
How GENDARMERY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in GENDARMERY, 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 | 2 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GENDARMERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GENDARMERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A body of gendarmes, the armed police force used in France and some other countries.
Gendarmery is a rare variant of the more usual gendarmerie. It names the organisation as a whole, not an individual officer, and it carries a distinctly French flavour.
How GENDARMERY is used
Gendarmery is uncommon and used in descriptions of continental police systems.
- The gendarmery blocked the road leading into the village.
- A captain of the gendarmery questioned the travellers.
- The country maintains a gendarmery alongside the regular police.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GENDARMERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GENDARMERY
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Common questions about GENDARMERY
- Is GENDARMERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GENDARMERY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GENDARMERY worth?
- GENDARMERY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GENDARMERY mean?
- A body of gendarmes, the armed police force used in France and some other countries.
- What letters can be added to GENDARMERY?
- No single letter can be added to GENDARMERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of GENDARMERY:
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