GULF is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GULF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GULF?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GULF is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GULF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GULF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GULF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does GULF mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large area of sea partly enclosed by land.
Gulf came from a Greek word for a bay through Italian, and the figurative sense about an unbridgeable difference is sixteenth-century. It has no connection with golf.
How GULF is used
Countable: a gulf, two gulfs.
- A gulf wide enough to have its own weather.
- The word gulf came from Greek through Italian.
- A gulf between the two positions that nobody could cross.
- Gulf has no connection with golf.
- The figurative sense of gulf is sixteenth-century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GULF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GULF
9 longer words begin with GULF.
Words ending in GULF
3 words end in GULF. Useful as a back hook: play GULF onto a word already on the board.
Words with GULF inside
13 words contain GULF in the middle. Words that start with GULF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GULF
Common questions about GULF
- Is GULF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GULF, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GULF worth?
- GULF is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GULF mean?
- A large area of sea partly enclosed by land.
- What letters can be added to GULF?
- GULF takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GULF:
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