GOOSEBERRY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. GOOSEBERRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GOOSEBERRY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOOSEBERRY is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOOSEBERRY
No single letter turns GOOSEBERRY into another word.
How GOOSEBERRY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in GOOSEBERRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GOOSEBERRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GOOSEBERRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A round, tart green or reddish berry that grows on a spiny shrub, or the shrub itself.
Gooseberry is a staple of jams, pies and fools in British kitchens. In everyday speech it also names a third person who unwillingly accompanies a couple, as in playing gooseberry.
How GOOSEBERRY is used
Used for the fruit and the bush, and in the British idiom about being an unwanted third person.
- She made a gooseberry crumble with fruit from the garden.
- The gooseberry bush is covered in tiny thorns.
- I felt like a gooseberry on their date.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOOSEBERRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GOOSEBERRY
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Common questions about GOOSEBERRY
- Is GOOSEBERRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOOSEBERRY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOOSEBERRY worth?
- GOOSEBERRY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOOSEBERRY mean?
- A round, tart green or reddish berry that grows on a spiny shrub, or the shrub itself.
- What letters can be added to GOOSEBERRY?
- No single letter can be added to GOOSEBERRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of GOOSEBERRY:
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