GONZO is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. GONZO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GONZO?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GONZO is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GONZO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gonzosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GONZO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GONZO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 149,380.
What does GONZO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Wildly subjective, exaggerated, and personally involved, especially describing a style of journalism in which the reporter becomes part of the story.
Gonzo journalism throws out the reporter's usual distance from events, putting the writer's own reactions, opinions, and even wild exaggerations at the center of the story. The style became known for blending fact with subjective, often chaotic first-person narration. More loosely, gonzo now describes anything bizarre, extreme, or defiantly unconventional.
How GONZO is used
The word is informal and is associated mainly with an exaggerated style of journalism and writing.
- The magazine ran a gonzo account of the road trip.
- Critics called the film's editing style gonzo and chaotic.
- Her gonzo approach to reporting put her right in the middle of the riot.
- The essay reads like a gonzo diary rather than a straight news report.
- He filmed the festival in a raw, gonzo style.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GONZO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GONZO
1 longer words begin with GONZO.
Shorter words from the letters in GONZO
Common questions about GONZO
- Is GONZO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GONZO, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GONZO worth?
- GONZO is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GONZO mean?
- Wildly subjective, exaggerated, and personally involved, especially describing a style of journalism in which the reporter becomes part of the story.
- What letters can be added to GONZO?
- GONZO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GONZO:
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