GIGAHERTZ is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. GIGAHERTZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIGAHERTZ?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIGAHERTZ is to know. It scores 23 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIGAHERTZ
No single letter turns GIGAHERTZ into another word.
How GIGAHERTZ scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GIGAHERTZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GIGAHERTZ has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GIGAHERTZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A billion hertz; the usual unit for processor clock speeds and Wi-Fi and mobile phone bands.
Computer processors and Wi-Fi routers are rated in gigahertz, which tells you how many billions of cycles each second they can run through. A higher gigahertz figure usually means a faster clock, though it does not alone decide real speed.
How GIGAHERTZ is used
Written as GHz in specifications and product descriptions.
- The processor runs at three gigahertz.
- The router broadcasts on a five gigahertz band.
- One gigahertz equals a billion cycles per second.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIGAHERTZ and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GIGAHERTZ
1 longer words begin with GIGAHERTZ.
Shorter words from the letters in GIGAHERTZ
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Common questions about GIGAHERTZ
- Is GIGAHERTZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIGAHERTZ, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIGAHERTZ worth?
- GIGAHERTZ is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIGAHERTZ mean?
- A billion hertz; the usual unit for processor clock speeds and Wi-Fi and mobile phone bands.
- What letters can be added to GIGAHERTZ?
- No single letter can be added to GIGAHERTZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GIGAHERTZ:
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