GIGATON is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GIGATON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIGATON?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIGATON is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIGATON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gigatonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GIGATON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GIGATON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 228,732.
What does GIGATON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of mass equal to one billion tonnes, or a measure of explosive energy equal to a billion tonnes of TNT.
Climate scientists count carbon emissions in gigatons, since annual totals run to tens of billions of tonnes. In weapons talk, the same word measures blast yields far beyond any tested bomb.
How GIGATON is used
Gigaton is common in climate, ice-loss and nuclear-yield statistics.
- Global emissions run to dozens of gigaton each year.
- The ice sheet lost a gigaton of mass every few days.
- A one-gigaton explosion has never been detonated.
- The report set a target of cutting one gigaton by 2030.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIGATON and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GIGATON
1 longer words begin with GIGATON.
Shorter words from the letters in GIGATON
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Common questions about GIGATON
- Is GIGATON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIGATON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIGATON worth?
- GIGATON is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIGATON mean?
- A unit of mass equal to one billion tonnes, or a measure of explosive energy equal to a billion tonnes of TNT.
- What letters can be added to GIGATON?
- GIGATON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GIGATON:
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