GUILLEMET is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GUILLEMET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUILLEMET?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUILLEMET is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUILLEMET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
guillemetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUILLEMET scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GUILLEMET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GUILLEMET has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GUILLEMET mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalprinting
One of a pair of angled marks used in French and other languages in place of quotation marks.
A guillemet looks like a tiny double arrow, and the pair can point outward or inward depending on the language. The name is French and is said to come from a printer called Guillaume.
How GUILLEMET is used
The term guillemet is used by typographers, translators and anyone setting French, Russian or Italian text.
- The French editor wrapped each spoken line in a guillemet.
- On this keyboard layout the guillemet is hard to find.
- A single guillemet can also mark a quote inside a quote.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUILLEMET and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUILLEMET
1 longer words begin with GUILLEMET.
Shorter words from the letters in GUILLEMET
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Common questions about GUILLEMET
- Is GUILLEMET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUILLEMET, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUILLEMET worth?
- GUILLEMET is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUILLEMET mean?
- One of a pair of angled marks used in French and other languages in place of quotation marks.
- What letters can be added to GUILLEMET?
- GUILLEMET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GUILLEMET:
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