GIMEL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GIMEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIMEL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIMEL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIMEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gimelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GIMEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GIMEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does GIMEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
The third letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding roughly to the sound of the English letter g and also used as the numeral three.
In the traditional order of the Hebrew alphabet, gimel follows bet and precedes dalet, and its shape is thought to derive from an ancient pictograph of a camel, since the Hebrew word for camel begins with the same sound. Because Hebrew letters historically doubled as numbers, this one also stands for the value three wherever Hebrew documents use letters instead of separate numerals. The letter appears prominently outside religious texts too, most famously as one of the four symbols spun on a dreidel during Hanukkah, where it signals that the player takes the whole pot.
How GIMEL is used
Used in discussions of the Hebrew alphabet, religious texts, and the dreidel game played at Hanukkah.
- The child spun the dreidel and landed on gimel.
- Gimel is the third letter in the Hebrew alphabet.
- She practiced writing gimel alongside the other early letters.
- In gematria, gimel represents the number three.
- The scribe carefully inked each gimel in the scroll.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIMEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GIMEL
The 5 tiles of GIMEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GIMEL
1 longer words begin with GIMEL.
Shorter words from the letters in GIMEL
Common questions about GIMEL
- Is GIMEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIMEL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIMEL worth?
- GIMEL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIMEL mean?
- The third letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding roughly to the sound of the English letter g and also used as the numeral three.
- What letters can be added to GIMEL?
- GIMEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GIMEL:
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