GILLNETTING is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GILLNETTING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GILLNETTING?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GILLNETTING is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GILLNETTING
No single letter turns GILLNETTING into another word.
How GILLNETTING scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in GILLNETTING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GILLNETTING has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about GILLNETTING
- GILLNETTING begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GILLNETTING mean in Scrabble?
noun
A fishing method in which a wall of netting hangs in the water so that fish become caught by the gills in its mesh.
Gillnetting works because the mesh size lets a fish push its head through but not its body. Because gillnetting can also trap unwanted species, rules about it are a common topic in fishery debates.
How GILLNETTING is used
Used in fishing and conservation writing, as in commercial gillnetting for salmon.
- Gillnetting for salmon is restricted in several rivers.
- The fishermen switched from lines to gillnetting.
- Seabirds are sometimes caught by gillnetting by mistake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GILLNETTING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GILLNETTING
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Common questions about GILLNETTING
- Is GILLNETTING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GILLNETTING, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GILLNETTING worth?
- GILLNETTING is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GILLNETTING mean?
- A fishing method in which a wall of netting hangs in the water so that fish become caught by the gills in its mesh.
- What letters can be added to GILLNETTING?
- No single letter can be added to GILLNETTING to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of GILLNETTING:
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