GOO is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. GOO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GOO?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOO is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GOO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GOO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,925.
What does GOO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A sticky wet substance.
Goo is American and about a century old, with no agreed origin — burgoo, a thick stew, is the usual guess. Its whole usefulness is that it names something without saying what it is, which is very often the point.
How GOO is used
Uncountable; there is no plural. Informal.
- Some kind of goo had leaked under the shelf.
- The word goo has no agreed origin.
- A goo that will not wash off with water.
- Goo is useful precisely because it identifies nothing.
- The goo turned out to be a melted crayon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GOO
Showing 24 of 177 words that begin with GOO.
Words ending in GOO
1 words end in GOO. Useful as a back hook: play GOO onto a word already on the board.
Words with GOO inside
Showing 24 of 42 words that contain GOO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GOO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GOO
Common questions about GOO
- Is GOO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOO, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOO worth?
- GOO is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOO mean?
- A sticky wet substance.
- What letters can be added to GOO?
- GOO takes 9 hooks: 0 in front and 9 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GOO:
Open GOO in the Word Finder