GLOST is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GLOST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLOST?
| 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 GLOST is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLOST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
glostsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLOST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GLOST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about GLOST
- The letters of GLOST run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GLOST mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In pottery, the lead glaze applied to earthenware, or the second firing (as in a glost oven or glost kiln) used to fuse that glaze onto the ware.
Potters first fire clay ware once to harden it, and only afterward coat it with a liquid glaze before a second firing; this second, glaze-fixing firing and the glaze itself are both called glost. A glost oven or glost kiln is built and heated differently from the first firing because the glaze must melt evenly without ruining the shape of the piece. The word is specialized and rarely appears outside pottery and ceramics manuals.
How GLOST is used
A specialist ceramics term, almost always seen paired with oven, kiln, or fire rather than used alone.
- The workshop's glost kiln reaches a lower temperature than the first firing.
- Cracked glaze on the vase suggested a problem in the glost firing.
- The apprentice learned to load the glost oven without touching the wet glaze.
- Old pottery records list separate costs for the biscuit firing and the glost firing.
- The museum display explained how glost glazing gives earthenware its shine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLOST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GLOST
1 longer words begin with GLOST.
Shorter words from the letters in GLOST
Common questions about GLOST
- Is GLOST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLOST, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLOST worth?
- GLOST is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLOST mean?
- In pottery, the lead glaze applied to earthenware, or the second firing (as in a glost oven or glost kiln) used to fuse that glaze onto the ware.
- What letters can be added to GLOST?
- GLOST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GLOST:
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