GREYLAG is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GREYLAG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GREYLAG?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GREYLAG is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GREYLAG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
greylagsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GREYLAG scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GREYLAG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What stands out about GREYLAG
- GREYLAG begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GREYLAG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A greylag is a large, mainly grey wild goose of Europe and Asia.
Bird watchers meet the greylag on lakes, marshes and winter fields, often in noisy flocks. Farmyard geese descend from it, which is why they look so much like it.
How GREYLAG is used
Greylag is used in birdwatching and nature writing for this one species of goose.
- A greylag landed on the pond just after sunrise.
- The farmer said every goose in his yard was a descendant of the greylag.
- We counted two hundred greylag feeding on the stubble field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GREYLAG and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GREYLAG
1 longer words begin with GREYLAG.
Shorter words from the letters in GREYLAG
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Common questions about GREYLAG
- Is GREYLAG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GREYLAG, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GREYLAG worth?
- GREYLAG is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GREYLAG mean?
- A greylag is a large, mainly grey wild goose of Europe and Asia.
- What letters can be added to GREYLAG?
- GREYLAG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GREYLAG:
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