GUAIAC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GUAIAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUAIAC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUAIAC is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUAIAC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
guaiacsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUAIAC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GUAIAC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What stands out about GUAIAC
- GUAIAC runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GUAIAC mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A greenish-brown resin taken from certain tropical American trees, or the hard wood of those trees.
Guaiac is the resin of trees of the genus Guaiacum, native to the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America. It has long been used in folk medicine and as a flavouring and varnish ingredient. A test paper treated with guaiac turns blue in the presence of blood, which is why the word is still heard in laboratories.
How GUAIAC is used
Mainly technical; the variant guaiacum is the more common spelling for the tree itself.
- The apothecary kept a lump of guaiac in a glass jar.
- A strip of guaiac paper turned blue in the sample.
- Guaiac was once prescribed for gout and rheumatism.
- The carver chose guaiac for its great hardness.
- Dark guaiac resin darkened the varnish he was mixing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUAIAC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUAIAC
5 longer words begin with GUAIAC.
Shorter words from the letters in GUAIAC
Common questions about GUAIAC
- Is GUAIAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUAIAC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUAIAC worth?
- GUAIAC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUAIAC mean?
- A greenish-brown resin taken from certain tropical American trees, or the hard wood of those trees.
- What letters can be added to GUAIAC?
- GUAIAC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GUAIAC:
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