GLEETY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GLEETY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLEETY?
| 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 GLEETY is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLEETY
No single letter turns GLEETY into another word.
How GLEETY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GLEETY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 125,426.
What does GLEETY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicalarchaic
Thin, watery and slimy, like the discharge called gleet.
Old medical writers used gleety to describe a thin sticky discharge from a wound or sore, as well as the sore itself. The word is built from gleet, an old term for such a discharge. Farriers also used it for horse ailments, and it has almost vanished from current speech.
How GLEETY is used
Archaic and medical; met only in historical texts.
- The surgeon noted a gleety fluid seeping from the wound.
- A gleety matter ran from the sore in the horse's nose.
- The old manual called the discharge gleety and thin.
- He described the gleety ulcer in his notes.
- Nothing could be done for the gleety condition of the swelling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLEETY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GLEETY
Common questions about GLEETY
- Is GLEETY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLEETY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLEETY worth?
- GLEETY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLEETY mean?
- Thin, watery and slimy, like the discharge called gleet.
- What letters can be added to GLEETY?
- No single letter can be added to GLEETY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GLEETY:
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