GUE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. GUE 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GUE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUE is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does GUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalmusic
An old two-stringed bowed instrument once played in Shetland, the anglicized spelling that became the standard name in English writing on the instrument.
The gue was a simple bowed instrument with two strings used in Shetland before it was largely replaced by the modern fiddle. English writers settled on this shorter form rather than the more Norse-looking gju, and only a small number of original instruments have survived.
How GUE is used
Historical; encountered mainly in accounts of Shetland folk music.
- The museum's oldest gue dates back over a century.
- A gue was played with a short bow rather than plucked.
- Few living musicians have ever played an original gue.
- The tune was written for a gue and a single drum.
- He carved a replica gue based on the surviving originals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUE
Showing 24 of 60 words that begin with GUE.
Words ending in GUE
Showing 24 of 112 words that end in GUE. Useful as a back hook: play GUE onto a word already on the board.
Words with GUE inside
Showing 24 of 306 words that contain GUE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GUE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GUE
Common questions about GUE
- Is GUE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GUE is not in it.
- How many points is GUE worth?
- GUE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUE mean?
- An old two-stringed bowed instrument once played in Shetland, the anglicized spelling that became the standard name in English writing on the instrument.
- What letters can be added to GUE?
- GUE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GUE:
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