GILLIE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GILLIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GILLIE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GILLIE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GILLIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GILLIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GILLIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does GILLIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
In Scotland, a man or boy who assists a hunter, angler, or Highland chief on an expedition.
A gillie traditionally carried equipment, tracked game or fish, and guided visitors unfamiliar with the local ground, a role still hired today on Scottish estates and rivers. The word comes from Scottish Gaelic gille, meaning a young man or servant, and the same root appears in several Highland titles and surnames. Beyond hunting and fishing, gillie also names a light shoe with crossed laces and no tongue, worn in Scottish country dancing, a sense unrelated to the human helper. Modern estate agencies still advertise for a gillie to accompany guests on salmon rivers and deer stalks.
How GILLIE is used
Used mainly in and about Scotland, especially in connection with fishing, deer stalking and Highland tradition.
- The gillie showed us exactly where the salmon were holding in the pool.
- A young gillie carried the rifles up the steep hillside.
- Every autumn the estate hires an extra gillie for the stalking season.
- Her grandfather worked as a gillie on the same river for forty years.
- The dancer wore gillie shoes laced tightly around the ankle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GILLIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GILLIE
2 longer words begin with GILLIE.
Shorter words from the letters in GILLIE
Common questions about GILLIE
- Is GILLIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GILLIE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GILLIE worth?
- GILLIE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GILLIE mean?
- In Scotland, a man or boy who assists a hunter, angler, or Highland chief on an expedition.
- What letters can be added to GILLIE?
- GILLIE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GILLIE:
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