GLEDE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GLEDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLEDE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLEDE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLEDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gledesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLEDE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GLEDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,765.
What stands out about GLEDE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 GLEDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old English name for the kite, a slender hawk with a forked tail that hunts by soaring low over open ground.
Glede was the everyday word for this bird of prey before kite became the standard term, and it survives now mainly in older texts, place names, and dialect speech rather than in modern nature writing. The bird itself glides for long stretches on set wings while scanning the ground for small prey, a habit that later gave the related verb glide its name. Because the word has fallen out of common use, most readers meet glede today only in historical or poetic passages.
How GLEDE is used
Archaic; found in older English writing and place names rather than in current speech.
- The old chronicle names the glede among the birds that nested in the marsh.
- A glede circled slowly above the harvest field.
- Village elders still called the bird a glede long after outsiders said kite.
- The poem describes a glede hovering over the moor at dusk.
- Some old English place names still recall the glede that once nested nearby.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLEDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GLEDE
The 5 tiles of GLEDE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GLEDE
1 longer words begin with GLEDE.
Shorter words from the letters in GLEDE
Common questions about GLEDE
- Is GLEDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLEDE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLEDE worth?
- GLEDE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLEDE mean?
- An old English name for the kite, a slender hawk with a forked tail that hunts by soaring low over open ground.
- What letters can be added to GLEDE?
- GLEDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GLEDE:
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