GOPHER is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GOPHER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GOPHER?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOPHER is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOPHER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gophersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GOPHER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GOPHER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does GOPHER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A burrowing rodent of North America with large cheek pouches, or any similar digging animal.
True gophers live in North and Central America and spend most of their lives underground, digging tunnels and pushing up mounds of earth on lawns and farmland. Some regions also use the name for a land tortoise that digs deep shelters. In computing, Gopher was an early menu-based way to browse files on the internet before the web replaced it, and in American speech a gopher can also be an errand runner in an office.
How GOPHER is used
Everyday word; the errand-runner sense is informal and North American.
- A gopher had pushed up a fresh mound in the middle of the lawn.
- The farmer set traps along the field where each gopher had dug.
- On set she worked as a gopher, fetching coffee and carrying cables.
- The gopher disappeared into its hole the moment we came near.
- Early internet users browsed files through a gopher menu.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOPHER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GOPHER
5 longer words begin with GOPHER.
Shorter words from the letters in GOPHER
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Common questions about GOPHER
- Is GOPHER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOPHER, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOPHER worth?
- GOPHER is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOPHER mean?
- A burrowing rodent of North America with large cheek pouches, or any similar digging animal.
- What letters can be added to GOPHER?
- GOPHER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GOPHER:
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