GULE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. GULE 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 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GULE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GULE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GULE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GULE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GULE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What stands out about GULE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GULE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A Scots word for the marigold flower.
Older glossaries of Lowland speech list gule beside the variant gool for this same bright garden bloom, a plant most readers know simply by its everyday English name. Antiquarians and puzzle enthusiasts keep the term gule alive today far more than gardeners or country speakers do. The spelling is easy to confuse with the heraldic term gules, meaning the colour red, though the two are unrelated.
How GULE is used
Scots dialect term for the marigold; rarely used outside glossaries and word lists.
- The old glossary listed gule as another name for the marigold.
- Villagers once called the bright garden flower a gule.
- A row of gule bloomed along the cottage wall.
- The dialect poem mentions the gule growing by the gate.
- She planted gule seeds each spring, following her grandmother's habit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GULE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GULE
The 4 tiles of GULE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GULE
3 longer words begin with GULE.
Words ending in GULE
4 words end in GULE. Useful as a back hook: play GULE onto a word already on the board.
Words with GULE inside
7 words contain GULE in the middle. Words that start with GULE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GULE
Common questions about GULE
- Is GULE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GULE is not in it.
- How many points is GULE worth?
- GULE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GULE mean?
- A Scots word for the marigold flower.
- What letters can be added to GULE?
- GULE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GULE:
Open GULE in the Word Finder