GESSO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GESSO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GESSO?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GESSO is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GESSO
No single letter turns GESSO into another word.
How GESSO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GESSO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about GESSO
- The same 5 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 GESSO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A white coating made from chalk, gypsum, or plaster mixed with a binder, applied to canvas, wood, or panels to prepare them for painting.
Gesso creates a smooth, absorbent surface that keeps paint from soaking unevenly into raw canvas or wood, and it can also be built up and carved to add texture beneath gilding or paint. Traditional gesso used rabbit-skin glue as its binder, while modern acrylic gesso lets artists prepare a surface quickly without heating anything. Painters typically apply several thin layers of gesso, sanding lightly between coats, before starting a picture.
How GESSO is used
A term used in painting and art supplies; sold ready-mixed as acrylic gesso in most art stores.
- She primed the canvas with two coats of white gesso.
- The panel needed sanding after the gesso dried.
- Old master paintings often rest on a base of gesso and glue.
- He carved a pattern into the wet gesso before gilding it.
- A cracked layer of gesso showed beneath the flaking paint.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GESSO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GESSO
The 5 tiles of GESSO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GESSO
2 longer words begin with GESSO.
Shorter words from the letters in GESSO
Common questions about GESSO
- Is GESSO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GESSO, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GESSO worth?
- GESSO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GESSO mean?
- A white coating made from chalk, gypsum, or plaster mixed with a binder, applied to canvas, wood, or panels to prepare them for painting.
- What letters can be added to GESSO?
- No single letter can be added to GESSO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GESSO:
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