GLEY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GLEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLEY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLEY is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLEY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLEY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GLEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does GLEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A blue-grey soil formed under waterlogging.
Gley takes its colour from iron that has been chemically reduced rather than oxidised, which happens only where air cannot reach. Soil science borrowed the word from Russian.
How GLEY is used
Uncountable and countable. Technical.
- A gley layer shows how high the water table stands.
- The word gley came into soil science from Russian.
- Gley forms only where air cannot reach the iron.
- Two gley horizons at different depths.
- The colour of gley comes from reduced iron.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GLEY
4 longer words begin with GLEY.
Words ending in GLEY
2 words end in GLEY. Useful as a back hook: play GLEY onto a word already on the board.
Words with GLEY inside
1 words contain GLEY in the middle. Words that start with GLEY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GLEY
Common questions about GLEY
- Is GLEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLEY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLEY worth?
- GLEY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLEY mean?
- A blue-grey soil formed under waterlogging.
- What letters can be added to GLEY?
- GLEY takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GLEY:
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