GOE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. GOE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GOE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOE is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GOE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GOE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What stands out about GOE
- The same 3 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 GOE mean in Scrabble?
noun
regionaldialect
A narrow, steep-sided inlet or chasm cut into a sea cliff, a variant spelling recorded less often than gio in glossaries of Orkney and Shetland dialect.
A goe is the same coastal feature elsewhere spelled geo or gio, a deep narrow gap worn by the sea into cliff rock. This spelling turns up mainly in older gazetteers and place-name records of the Northern Isles rather than in everyday use.
How GOE is used
Regional; an alternative spelling of geo used in the Northern Isles.
- Puffins burrow into the turf above the goe.
- The tide fills the goe completely by midday.
- Fishermen once sheltered small boats inside the goe.
- A rope was needed to climb down into the goe.
- Local names for each goe have been used for generations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GOE
The 3 tiles of GOE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GOE
13 longer words begin with GOE.
Words ending in GOE
4 words end in GOE. Useful as a back hook: play GOE onto a word already on the board.
Words with GOE inside
Showing 24 of 114 words that contain GOE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GOE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GOE
Common questions about GOE
- Is GOE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GOE is not in it.
- How many points is GOE worth?
- GOE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOE mean?
- A narrow, steep-sided inlet or chasm cut into a sea cliff, a variant spelling recorded less often than gio in glossaries of Orkney and Shetland dialect.
- What letters can be added to GOE?
- GOE takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GOE:
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