GHARRI is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GHARRI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GHARRI?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GHARRI is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GHARRI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gharrisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GHARRI scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GHARRI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 163,519.
What does GHARRI mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A horse-drawn carriage or cab for hire in India and neighbouring countries.
Travellers in British India took a gharri from the railway station to their hotel, and the vehicle was usually a closed box on wheels with shuttered windows. The word came into English from Hindi. It now belongs mostly to history and to memoirs of the colonial period, though the spelling gharry is just as common.
How GHARRI is used
Historical or regional; chiefly found in writing about colonial India.
- A gharri waited at the station gate with its driver asleep on the box.
- They hired a gharri to carry the luggage to the hotel.
- The old gharri rattled over the stony road.
- In the memoir, every gharri in the city seemed to be broken.
- She peered out through the shutters of the gharri.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GHARRI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GHARRI
2 longer words begin with GHARRI.
Shorter words from the letters in GHARRI
Common questions about GHARRI
- Is GHARRI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GHARRI, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GHARRI worth?
- GHARRI is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GHARRI mean?
- A horse-drawn carriage or cab for hire in India and neighbouring countries.
- What letters can be added to GHARRI?
- GHARRI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GHARRI:
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