GLOOMY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GLOOMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLOOMY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLOOMY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLOOMY
No single letter turns GLOOMY into another word.
How GLOOMY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GLOOMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 886,944.
What does GLOOMY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Dark and dim, or filled with a heavy, downcast mood.
Gloomy describes both a physical setting and a state of mind. A gloomy room gets almost no light, while a gloomy person expects things to go badly. The word is related to gloom, an old Germanic root for a lowering, dark look, and it often stretches to forecasts or outlooks that promise little hope.
How GLOOMY is used
Very common in everyday English, for weather, rooms, moods and predictions alike.
- The gloomy cellar smelled of damp stone.
- After the news he grew quiet and gloomy for the rest of the evening.
- Analysts offered a gloomy forecast for the winter.
- A gloomy sky hung over the harbour all week.
- Nobody liked the gloomy mood that settled over the table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLOOMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GLOOMY
Common questions about GLOOMY
- Is GLOOMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLOOMY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLOOMY worth?
- GLOOMY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLOOMY mean?
- Dark and dim, or filled with a heavy, downcast mood.
- What letters can be added to GLOOMY?
- No single letter can be added to GLOOMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GLOOMY:
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