GIGANTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GIGANTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIGANTIC?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIGANTIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIGANTIC
No single letter turns GIGANTIC into another word.
How GIGANTIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GIGANTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GIGANTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GIGANTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Of extraordinary size, so large that it suggests a giant.
Gigantic is stronger than big or large, and writers use it for buildings, waves, appetites and mistakes alike. It carries a sense of awe, sometimes of alarm, at the scale of something.
How GIGANTIC is used
Gigantic describes anything of immense size, literal or figurative.
- A gigantic wave rolled toward the shore.
- The company made a gigantic profit last year.
- They climbed the gigantic statue at the harbour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIGANTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GIGANTIC
5 longer words begin with GIGANTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in GIGANTIC
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Common questions about GIGANTIC
- Is GIGANTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIGANTIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIGANTIC worth?
- GIGANTIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIGANTIC mean?
- Of extraordinary size, so large that it suggests a giant.
- What letters can be added to GIGANTIC?
- No single letter can be added to GIGANTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GIGANTIC:
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