GNEISS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GNEISS 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 GNEISS?
| 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 GNEISS is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GNEISS
No single letter turns GNEISS into another word.
How GNEISS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GNEISS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 102,199.
What stands out about GNEISS
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GNEISS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A banded metamorphic rock, typically formed under intense heat and pressure, containing alternating layers of quartz, feldspar, and mica.
Gneiss usually starts out as granite or a similar rock, and deep burial and heat rearrange its minerals into visible light and dark bands rather than melting it completely. Geologists prize gneiss outcrops because the banding records the direction and intensity of the forces that shaped the rock, sometimes over hundreds of millions of years. The word entered English from German, where miners in the Ore Mountains used it long before geologists gave the process a scientific name. Because it splits along its banding into large slabs, gneiss has long been quarried for building stone and paving.
How GNEISS is used
A technical term used in geology to describe a specific type of banded metamorphic rock.
- The cliff face exposed thick bands of gneiss folded into tight curves.
- Builders quarried the local gneiss for the cathedral's foundation.
- A thin section of the gneiss revealed alternating layers of mica and quartz.
- Geologists dated the gneiss to nearly two billion years old.
- The road cut through solid gneiss for almost a mile.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GNEISS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GNEISS
The 6 tiles of GNEISS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GNEISS
5 longer words begin with GNEISS.
Shorter words from the letters in GNEISS
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Common questions about GNEISS
- Is GNEISS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GNEISS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GNEISS worth?
- GNEISS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GNEISS mean?
- A banded metamorphic rock, typically formed under intense heat and pressure, containing alternating layers of quartz, feldspar, and mica.
- What letters can be added to GNEISS?
- No single letter can be added to GNEISS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GNEISS:
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