GOBBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GOBBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GOBBLE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOBBLE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOBBLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GOBBLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GOBBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does GOBBLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To eat food quickly and greedily, or to make the throaty cry of a turkey.
Someone who gobbles a meal swallows it in big hurried mouthfuls with little care for manners, and the verb extends to using up resources quickly, as a car can gobble fuel. The other sense imitates the sound of a male turkey, which gives the noun gobble. Large companies are also said to gobble up smaller rivals when they buy them.
How GOBBLE is used
Everyday English; often used with the particle up.
- The children gobble their dinner and run outside.
- Don't gobble your food, you will choke.
- A turkey began to gobble in the yard.
- The big retailer plans to gobble the small chain.
- Old engines gobble petrol on short trips.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOBBLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GOBBLE
8 longer words begin with GOBBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in GOBBLE
Common questions about GOBBLE
- Is GOBBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOBBLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOBBLE worth?
- GOBBLE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOBBLE mean?
- To eat food quickly and greedily, or to make the throaty cry of a turkey.
- What letters can be added to GOBBLE?
- GOBBLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GOBBLE:
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