GU is valid in Collins, not in North America — 3 points
It depends on the list you play by. GU is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 3 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GU?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GU is to know. It scores 3 from 2 tiles, takes 12 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GU scores
Face value of the 2 tiles in GU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 413.
What stands out about GU
- GU is one of just 133 words of 2 letters in the four lists we check — a short list worth knowing by heart.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A simple bowed instrument of the Shetland Islands.
How GU is used
- The fiddler kept an old gu on the wall beside the door.
- A gu has a plainer voice than a violin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GU and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see GU
- GU is the code for Guam in international lists and on internet addresses ending in .gu.
Anagrams of GU
The 2 tiles of GU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GU
Showing 24 of 858 words that begin with GU.
Words ending in GU
7 words end in GU. Useful as a back hook: play GU onto a word already on the board.
Words with GU inside
Showing 24 of 1887 words that contain GU somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about GU
- Is GU valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GU is not in it.
- How many points is GU worth?
- GU is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GU mean?
- A simple bowed instrument of the Shetland Islands.
- What letters can be added to GU?
- GU takes 12 hooks: 0 in front and 12 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 2 letters of GU:
Open GU in the Word Finder