GIGANTESQUE is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. GIGANTESQUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIGANTESQUE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIGANTESQUE is to know. It scores 22 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIGANTESQUE
No single letter turns GIGANTESQUE into another word.
How GIGANTESQUE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in GIGANTESQUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GIGANTESQUE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GIGANTESQUE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Huge in a way that seems grotesque, as if built for a giant.
A gigantesque statue is not merely big but overwhelming in scale, sometimes absurdly so. The word echoes the French and sounds more theatrical than plain gigantic.
How GIGANTESQUE is used
Rare and literary, used for dramatic effect.
- The palace had a gigantesque staircase that dwarfed every visitor.
- He painted gigantesque figures filling the whole wall.
- The novel describes a gigantesque machine hidden below the city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIGANTESQUE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GIGANTESQUE
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Common questions about GIGANTESQUE
- Is GIGANTESQUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIGANTESQUE, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIGANTESQUE worth?
- GIGANTESQUE is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIGANTESQUE mean?
- Huge in a way that seems grotesque, as if built for a giant.
- What letters can be added to GIGANTESQUE?
- No single letter can be added to GIGANTESQUE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of GIGANTESQUE:
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