GOMER is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GOMER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GOMER?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOMER is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOMER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gomersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GOMER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GOMER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does GOMER mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangNorth American
An inept, foolish or clumsy person, especially a raw or bungling recruit.
Gomer became popular as United States military and college slang in the 1960s, partly inspired by the bumbling television character Gomer Pyle, and it is used to mock someone seen as inexperienced, awkward or slow to learn. The word later gained a separate, unrelated hospital slang sense for a difficult or unwelcome patient, but its core meaning remains a mildly mocking term for a foolish or inept person.
How GOMER is used
Informal and somewhat dated slang; carries a mocking or dismissive tone rather than a neutral one.
- The drill sergeant barked orders at the nervous gomer.
- Nobody wanted the clumsy gomer on their team.
- He felt like a total gomer on his first day at the plant.
- The veterans teased the new gomer about his mistakes.
- She laughed at how the gomer tripped over his own boots.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOMER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GOMER
7 longer words begin with GOMER.
Words ending in GOMER
1 words end in GOMER. Useful as a back hook: play GOMER onto a word already on the board.
Words with GOMER inside
5 words contain GOMER in the middle. Words that start with GOMER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GOMER
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Common questions about GOMER
- Is GOMER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOMER, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOMER worth?
- GOMER is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOMER mean?
- An inept, foolish or clumsy person, especially a raw or bungling recruit.
- What letters can be added to GOMER?
- GOMER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GOMER:
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