GILL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GILL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GILL is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GILL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GILL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,205.
What does GILL mean in Scrabble?
noun
One of the paired organs on the sides of a fish's head through which it breathes by extracting oxygen from water.
Water taken in through the mouth passes over the thin, blood-rich membranes of the gill, and oxygen crosses into the bloodstream there while carbon dioxide passes back out, the same basic job that lungs do for air-breathing animals. Gill is also the name for the thin, blade-like ridges under the cap of a mushroom.
How GILL is used
Common and everyday; used both literally for fish and mushrooms and figuratively in phrases about looking pale, such as green about the gills.
- The fish gasped as its gill struggled to draw oxygen from the shrinking pool.
- A trout's gill lets it breathe underwater continuously.
- The chef sliced through the gill while cleaning the fish.
- Mushroom foragers check the colour of the gill to identify a species.
- The diver noticed each gill flare open as the fish swam past.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GILL
Showing 24 of 38 words that begin with GILL.
Words ending in GILL
2 words end in GILL. Useful as a back hook: play GILL onto a word already on the board.
Words with GILL inside
Showing 24 of 39 words that contain GILL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GILL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GILL
Common questions about GILL
- Is GILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GILL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GILL worth?
- GILL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GILL mean?
- One of the paired organs on the sides of a fish's head through which it breathes by extracting oxygen from water.
- What letters can be added to GILL?
- GILL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GILL:
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