GLADIOLA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GLADIOLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLADIOLA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLADIOLA is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLADIOLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLADIOLA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GLADIOLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GLADIOLA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GLADIOLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A garden plant with tall spikes of brightly coloured funnel-shaped flowers and sword-shaped leaves.
Gladiola is a popular cut flower, grown from corms and sold by the stem for bouquets and funerals. Many gardeners prefer the longer form gladiolus, but gladiola is the spelling often heard in North America.
How GLADIOLA is used
Gladiola is an informal variant, common in American gardening talk.
- She planted a row of gladiola along the fence.
- A tall gladiola leaned in the vase on the table.
- Each gladiola opened from the bottom of the spike upward.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLADIOLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GLADIOLA
2 longer words begin with GLADIOLA.
Shorter words from the letters in GLADIOLA
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Common questions about GLADIOLA
- Is GLADIOLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLADIOLA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLADIOLA worth?
- GLADIOLA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLADIOLA mean?
- A garden plant with tall spikes of brightly coloured funnel-shaped flowers and sword-shaped leaves.
- What letters can be added to GLADIOLA?
- GLADIOLA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GLADIOLA:
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