GOURD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GOURD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GOURD?
| 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 GOURD is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOURD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GOURD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GOURD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does GOURD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hard-shelled fruit dried and used as a bottle, bowl or rattle.
The gourd may be the oldest container there is: it grows its own vessel, and archaeology finds it beside the earliest pottery rather than after it. Dried, the shell is light and surprisingly tough, which is why one plant turns up as a water carrier in one country, a musical instrument in another and a birdhouse in a third.
How GOURD is used
Countable: a gourd, two gourds. Also in out of your gourd, meaning out of your mind.
- The gourd was cut, dried and scraped out over a fortnight.
- He drinks from a gourd and refuses every offer of a cup.
- A gourd with seeds inside makes the simplest rattle there is.
- They hang a gourd for the birds at the end of the row.
- The gourd holds water better than clay and weighs nothing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOURD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GOURD
11 longer words begin with GOURD.
Shorter words from the letters in GOURD
Common questions about GOURD
- Is GOURD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOURD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOURD worth?
- GOURD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOURD mean?
- A hard-shelled fruit dried and used as a bottle, bowl or rattle.
- What letters can be added to GOURD?
- GOURD takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GOURD:
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