GUIRO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GUIRO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUIRO?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUIRO is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUIRO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
guirosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUIRO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GUIRO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does GUIRO mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A hollow, ridged percussion instrument, traditionally made from a dried gourd, that produces sound when a stick is scraped across its notched surface.
The guiro originated in the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains a staple of genres such as salsa, merengue, and cumbia, providing a distinctive rasping rhythm. A player holds the guiro in one hand and drags a wooden stick or fork back and forth across the ridges cut into its surface, producing a sound somewhere between a scrape and a rattle. Modern versions of the guiro are sometimes made from fiberglass or plastic rather than a natural gourd.
How GUIRO is used
Used in discussions of Latin American and Caribbean music; plural is guiros.
- The percussionist scraped the guiro in time with the drums.
- A guiro added a rhythmic texture to the salsa band.
- She bought a small wooden guiro as a souvenir.
- The music teacher demonstrated how to play the guiro correctly.
- Two guiros combined with congas gave the song its lively beat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUIRO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUIRO
1 longer words begin with GUIRO.
Shorter words from the letters in GUIRO
Common questions about GUIRO
- Is GUIRO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUIRO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUIRO worth?
- GUIRO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUIRO mean?
- A hollow, ridged percussion instrument, traditionally made from a dried gourd, that produces sound when a stick is scraped across its notched surface.
- What letters can be added to GUIRO?
- GUIRO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GUIRO:
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