GIRDLE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GIRDLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIRDLE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIRDLE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIRDLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GIRDLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GIRDLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about GIRDLE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GIRDLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A belt, cord, or fitted undergarment worn around the waist or hips to bind the body or support clothing, or more generally, anything that closely encircles something like a belt.
Historically a girdle was simply a belt or sash tied around the waist to gather in loose clothing or carry a knife or purse, and this older sense survives in older tales about knights and their girdles. In modern use, girdle most often names a snug elastic undergarment, worn from the waist to the thigh, that shapes and supports the body beneath a skirt or dress. The word also works more broadly for anything that surrounds something else closely, as when writers speak of a girdle of trees around a lake or an anatomical girdle of bones supporting the limbs. As a verb, to girdle a tree means to cut a ring through its bark, a technique used to kill unwanted trees by stopping the flow of nutrients.
How GIRDLE is used
Common both for the elastic foundation garment worn under clothing and, more broadly, for anything that encircles or binds something closely.
- She wore a girdle to smooth her silhouette under the fitted dress.
- The knight kept a small dagger tucked into his girdle.
- A girdle of pine trees ringed the edge of the property.
- The forester girdled the diseased trees to stop them spreading disease.
- The shoulder girdle connects the arm bones to the rest of the skeleton.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIRDLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GIRDLE
The 6 tiles of GIRDLE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with GIRDLE
10 longer words begin with GIRDLE.
Shorter words from the letters in GIRDLE
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Common questions about GIRDLE
- Is GIRDLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIRDLE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIRDLE worth?
- GIRDLE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIRDLE mean?
- A belt, cord, or fitted undergarment worn around the waist or hips to bind the body or support clothing, or more generally, anything that closely encircles something like a belt.
- What letters can be added to GIRDLE?
- GIRDLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GIRDLE:
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