GOMPA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. GOMPA 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GOMPA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOMPA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOMPA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gompasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GOMPA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GOMPA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does GOMPA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Tibetan Buddhist monastery or temple.
A gompa is a walled complex of shrine halls, living quarters, and libraries of scripture that serves a community of monks, often built prominently on a hillside or cliff above a settlement. English took the word straight from Tibetan rather than settling for a general translation, because the local building has its own layout and role that an unqualified word does not capture on its own. Writers describing travel or pilgrimage across Nepal, Bhutan, and the Tibetan plateau reach for gompa specifically, keeping the looser word for religious buildings elsewhere in general. The term became familiar to English readers mainly through accounts of trekking and pilgrimage in the Himalayan region.
How GOMPA is used
Used in travel writing and Buddhist studies for monasteries specifically in the Tibetan tradition.
- Monks filed into the gompa for the morning chant.
- The trail climbed steeply to a gompa perched above the valley.
- Pilgrims circled the gompa before sunrise.
- Inside the gompa, faded murals covered every wall.
- A young monk swept the courtyard outside the gompa.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOMPA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GOMPA
1 longer words begin with GOMPA.
Shorter words from the letters in GOMPA
Common questions about GOMPA
- Is GOMPA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GOMPA is not in it.
- How many points is GOMPA worth?
- GOMPA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOMPA mean?
- A Tibetan Buddhist monastery or temple.
- What letters can be added to GOMPA?
- GOMPA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GOMPA:
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