GORES is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GORES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GORES?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GORES is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GORES
No single letter turns GORES into another word.
How GORES scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GORES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,892.
What stands out about GORES
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 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 GORES mean in Scrabble?
verb
To pierce with a horn or a tusk — the form used after he, she or it.
A bull gores upward and sideways rather than straight ahead, which is why the injury is so often to the thigh. The same four letters name something entirely peaceful: a gore is a wedge-shaped piece of cloth, and a skirt cut in gores hangs wider at the hem than at the waist.
How GORES is used
Third-person singular of gore. The unrelated noun means a wedge of cloth or a triangle of land.
- A bull gores upward, which is why the wound is where it is.
- The stag gores anything that comes near it in the season.
- The animal that gores is put down whatever the circumstances.
- The skirt is cut in gores and hangs better for it.
- Nothing gores by accident, whatever the newspaper said.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GORES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GORES
The 5 tiles of GORES in a different order — 6 found.
Words ending in GORES
1 words end in GORES. Useful as a back hook: play GORES onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in GORES
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Common questions about GORES
- Is GORES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GORES, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GORES worth?
- GORES is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GORES mean?
- To pierce with a horn or a tusk — the form used after he, she or it.
- What letters can be added to GORES?
- No single letter can be added to GORES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GORES:
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