GHIBLI is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GHIBLI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GHIBLI?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GHIBLI is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GHIBLI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ghiblisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GHIBLI scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GHIBLI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does GHIBLI mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A hot, dry wind that blows from the desert across North Africa, especially Libya.
The ghibli takes its name from an Arabic word for south, and it names the scorching southerly gust that carries dust and sand toward the Mediterranean coast. Residents of Tripoli have long dreaded it, since it can lift temperatures sharply within hours and fill the air with grit. It belongs to the same family of desert winds as the sirocco and the khamsin, each named for its own region. A spelling with one h is also listed in some dictionaries.
How GHIBLI is used
Regional weather term; mostly found in geography texts and word lists.
- The ghibli drove a cloud of sand over the coastal road.
- Shopkeepers shut their windows when the ghibli began to blow.
- A ghibli in midsummer can push the heat past forty degrees.
- The traveller wrote of a ghibli that lasted three days.
- Dust from the ghibli settled on every table in the house.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GHIBLI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GHIBLI
1 longer words begin with GHIBLI.
Shorter words from the letters in GHIBLI
Common questions about GHIBLI
- Is GHIBLI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GHIBLI, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GHIBLI worth?
- GHIBLI is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GHIBLI mean?
- A hot, dry wind that blows from the desert across North Africa, especially Libya.
- What letters can be added to GHIBLI?
- GHIBLI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GHIBLI:
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