GERE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. GERE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GERE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GERE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GERE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
geresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GERE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,301.
What stands out about GERE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GERE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
Gear or equipment, an archaic spelling used by the poet Spenser.
Spenser and other early writers spelled the ordinary word gear as gere, referring to equipment, clothing, or trappings carried by a knight or traveller. The spelling disappeared as English settled on the modern form gear, and gere now survives only in reprinted verse.
How GERE is used
Found only in early modern and Renaissance poetry.
- The knight packed his gere before the long ride.
- Spenser's verse describes a traveller's gere in careful detail.
- The old text lists armor among the hero's gere.
- She read aloud the passage naming each piece of gere.
- The archaic word gere appears throughout the poem's opening canto.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GERE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GERE
The 4 tiles of GERE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GERE
5 longer words begin with GERE.
Words ending in GERE
5 words end in GERE. Useful as a back hook: play GERE onto a word already on the board.
Words with GERE inside
Showing 24 of 98 words that contain GERE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GERE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GERE
Common questions about GERE
- Is GERE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GERE is not in it.
- How many points is GERE worth?
- GERE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GERE mean?
- Gear or equipment, an archaic spelling used by the poet Spenser.
- What letters can be added to GERE?
- GERE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GERE:
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