GLEI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. GLEI is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GLEI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLEI is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLEI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gleisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLEI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GLEI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does GLEI mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A sticky, bluish-grey clay soil formed under waterlogged conditions; also spelled gley.
Glei forms in soil layers where poor drainage keeps the ground saturated for long periods, starving it of oxygen and turning the clay a dull grey or blue-grey colour. Soil scientists use glei, more often written gley, to describe this waterlogged layer when mapping and classifying soils.
How GLEI is used
A specialist soil-science term, rarely met outside technical writing.
- The lower horizon of the field showed a band of glei.
- Poor drainage in the valley had produced a thick layer of glei.
- Scientists sampled the glei to study its mineral content.
- The grey colour of the glei comes from waterlogging rather than the parent rock.
- Crops struggle to root in soil dominated by glei.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLEI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GLEI
5 longer words begin with GLEI.
Shorter words from the letters in GLEI
Common questions about GLEI
- Is GLEI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GLEI is not in it.
- How many points is GLEI worth?
- GLEI is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLEI mean?
- A sticky, bluish-grey clay soil formed under waterlogged conditions; also spelled gley.
- What letters can be added to GLEI?
- GLEI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GLEI:
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