GORE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GORE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GORE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GORE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GORE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about GORE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GORE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Thick, clotted blood, especially from a wound; also, a triangular piece of cloth or land.
Gore most commonly names the blood shed in violence, the word favoured in horror films and battle scenes for its graphic weight. A separate older sense of gore describes a wedge-shaped strip, as of fabric sewn into a skirt or a triangular strip of land between larger fields, and as a verb to gore means to wound by piercing with a horn or tusk.
How GORE is used
The blood sense is common in describing violent scenes; the cloth and land senses are older and less frequent.
- The horror movie was full of gore and screaming.
- The bull lowered its head as if it meant to gore him.
- Blood and gore covered the battlefield by nightfall.
- A narrow gore of land separated the two farms.
- The tailor added a gore to widen the skirt.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GORE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GORE
The 4 tiles of GORE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with GORE
6 longer words begin with GORE.
Words ending in GORE
1 words end in GORE. Useful as a back hook: play GORE onto a word already on the board.
Words with GORE inside
7 words contain GORE in the middle. Words that start with GORE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GORE
Common questions about GORE
- Is GORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GORE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GORE worth?
- GORE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GORE mean?
- Thick, clotted blood, especially from a wound; also, a triangular piece of cloth or land.
- What letters can be added to GORE?
- GORE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GORE:
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