GET is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. GET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GET?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GET is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GET
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GET scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does GET mean in Scrabble?
verb
To come to have or to hold something.
Get is among the most versatile verbs in the language and forms hundreds of phrasal combinations, which is exactly why it is the despair of learners. Careful writers avoid it for that same reason, and ordinary speech ignores them entirely.
How GET is used
Getting. The past forms differ between British and American use.
- They get the same answer every time they ask.
- The verb get forms hundreds of phrasal combinations.
- She is getting somewhere at last.
- Learners find get harder than any other common verb.
- Getting on with it is easier than deciding to.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GET
The 3 tiles of GET in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GET
19 longer words begin with GET.
Words ending in GET
Showing 24 of 27 words that end in GET. Useful as a back hook: play GET onto a word already on the board.
Words with GET inside
Showing 24 of 234 words that contain GET somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GET are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GET
Common questions about GET
- Is GET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GET, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GET worth?
- GET is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GET mean?
- To come to have or to hold something.
- What letters can be added to GET?
- GET takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GET:
Open GET in the Word Finder