GIRL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GIRL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIRL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIRL is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIRL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GIRL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GIRL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does GIRL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A female child, or, more broadly, a young woman.
Girl is the ordinary counterpart of boy for a female child. In looser everyday use it is also applied affectionately or informally to a woman of any age, as in a girls' night out or an office full of girls.
How GIRL is used
Extremely common in all registers of English.
- The girl ran across the playground laughing.
- Every girl in the class received a certificate.
- As a girl, she dreamed of becoming a pilot.
- The girl next door often helps with the gardening.
- They raised three boys and one girl.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIRL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GIRL
16 longer words begin with GIRL.
Words ending in GIRL
20 words end in GIRL. Useful as a back hook: play GIRL onto a word already on the board.
Words with GIRL inside
20 words contain GIRL in the middle. Words that start with GIRL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GIRL
Common questions about GIRL
- Is GIRL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIRL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIRL worth?
- GIRL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIRL mean?
- A female child, or, more broadly, a young woman.
- What letters can be added to GIRL?
- GIRL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GIRL:
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