GIGANTISM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GIGANTISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIGANTISM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIGANTISM is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIGANTISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gigantismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GIGANTISM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GIGANTISM, 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 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GIGANTISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GIGANTISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Excessive height and body growth that begins before the growth plates close, most often caused by a pituitary tumour; in biology, also unusually large size in a species.
In medicine gigantism usually arises from a tumour of the pituitary gland, which makes a child grow far taller than normal. Biologists also use the word for unusual largeness in plants and animals.
How GIGANTISM is used
Gigantism is used in medical and biological contexts, and sometimes figuratively for excessive size.
- The boy was diagnosed with gigantism at the age of ten.
- Island gigantism produced enormous tortoises.
- Gigantism in plants can follow a doubling of chromosomes.
- Critics complained of the gigantism of modern corporations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIGANTISM and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GIGANTISM
The 9 tiles of GIGANTISM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GIGANTISM
1 longer words begin with GIGANTISM.
Shorter words from the letters in GIGANTISM
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Common questions about GIGANTISM
- Is GIGANTISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIGANTISM, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIGANTISM worth?
- GIGANTISM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIGANTISM mean?
- Excessive height and body growth that begins before the growth plates close, most often caused by a pituitary tumour; in biology, also unusually large size in a species.
- What letters can be added to GIGANTISM?
- GIGANTISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GIGANTISM:
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