GORY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GORY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GORY is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GORY
No single letter turns GORY into another word.
How GORY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What stands out about GORY
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 GORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Involving a great deal of bloodshed.
Gory is built on a noun that once meant filth or dung generally, and the narrowing to blood happened in the sixteenth century. The phrase about details keeps a trace of the older breadth.
How GORY is used
Before and after the noun.
- A gory account that the paper printed in full.
- The word gory once covered filth of any kind.
- The gory details are rarely the important ones.
- Gory narrowed to bloodshed in the sixteenth century.
- More gory than the certificate suggested.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GORY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GORY
The 4 tiles of GORY in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in GORY
5 words end in GORY. Useful as a back hook: play GORY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in GORY
Common questions about GORY
- Is GORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GORY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GORY worth?
- GORY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GORY mean?
- Involving a great deal of bloodshed.
- What letters can be added to GORY?
- No single letter can be added to GORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GORY:
Open GORY in the Word Finder