GLORIA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GLORIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLORIA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLORIA is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLORIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gloriasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLORIA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GLORIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What does GLORIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A hymn of praise beginning "Gloria in excelsis Deo" ("Glory to God in the highest"), sung or recited as a set part of the Mass and other church services.
The gloria opens with words the angels are said to have sung at the birth of Christ, and by the early medieval period it had become a fixed part of the Mass in the Western church. Composers from Vivaldi to modern choral writers have given the text its own independent musical setting, so a gloria can also mean simply the piece of music written for those words. In everyday church use, a shorter gloria, the doxology beginning "Glory be to the Father", closes psalms and prayers throughout the day. Outside religious contexts, the same root survives in the ordinary word glory, and in art a gloria can describe the ring of light painted around a holy figure's head.
How GLORIA is used
Used mainly in Christian liturgy and church music, both for the longer hymn and the short closing doxology.
- The choir began the gloria just after the opening prayers.
- This gloria was composed for four voices and a small orchestra.
- The congregation recites a short gloria at the end of every psalm.
- Painters sometimes surround saints with a golden gloria of light.
- The organist chose a slow, quiet setting for the gloria that morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLORIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GLORIA
1 longer words begin with GLORIA.
Shorter words from the letters in GLORIA
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Common questions about GLORIA
- Is GLORIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLORIA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLORIA worth?
- GLORIA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLORIA mean?
- A hymn of praise beginning "Gloria in excelsis Deo" ("Glory to God in the highest"), sung or recited as a set part of the Mass and other church services.
- What letters can be added to GLORIA?
- GLORIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GLORIA:
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