GONFALON is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GONFALON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GONFALON?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GONFALON is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GONFALON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gonfalonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GONFALON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GONFALON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GONFALON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GONFALON mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A banner or pennant hung from a crossbar, often with streamers, used by medieval Italian republics and in church processions.
Unlike a flag fixed to a staff along one edge, a gonfalon dangles from a horizontal bar, so it hangs straight down. Towns and guilds carried one as their emblem, and some are still used in parades.
How GONFALON is used
Gonfalon appears in history, heraldry and descriptions of ceremonial processions.
- The gonfalon of the city led the parade.
- A red gonfalon hung from the church tower.
- The guild carried its gonfalon through the square.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GONFALON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GONFALON
3 longer words begin with GONFALON.
Shorter words from the letters in GONFALON
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Common questions about GONFALON
- Is GONFALON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GONFALON, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GONFALON worth?
- GONFALON is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GONFALON mean?
- A banner or pennant hung from a crossbar, often with streamers, used by medieval Italian republics and in church processions.
- What letters can be added to GONFALON?
- GONFALON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GONFALON:
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