GLOBAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GLOBAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLOBAL?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLOBAL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLOBAL
No single letter turns GLOBAL into another word.
How GLOBAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GLOBAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does GLOBAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Relating to the whole world, or taking in all parts of something as a whole.
The word grew from the Latin globus, a ball, and first described anything shaped like a sphere. The sense of reaching the entire Earth became dominant in the twentieth century, with talk of global trade, climate and communication. In computing, a global setting is one that applies everywhere in a program rather than in a single part.
How GLOBAL is used
Very common in news, business, science and computing.
- The company has a global network of suppliers.
- Global temperatures have risen over the past century.
- A global search replaced the word in every file.
- The crisis became a global concern within weeks.
- She took a global view of the problem, not a local one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLOBAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GLOBAL
17 longer words begin with GLOBAL.
Shorter words from the letters in GLOBAL
Common questions about GLOBAL
- Is GLOBAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLOBAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLOBAL worth?
- GLOBAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLOBAL mean?
- Relating to the whole world, or taking in all parts of something as a whole.
- What letters can be added to GLOBAL?
- No single letter can be added to GLOBAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GLOBAL:
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