GULFWEED is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. GULFWEED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GULFWEED?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GULFWEED is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GULFWEED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gulfweedsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GULFWEED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GULFWEED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GULFWEED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GULFWEED mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A brown seaweed with small air bladders that floats in great drifting mats in warm Atlantic waters.
Gulfweed is better known as sargassum, the plant that gives the Sargasso Sea its name. The floating mats shelter young turtles and small fish, and they sometimes wash ashore in heaps.
How GULFWEED is used
Gulfweed is used in marine biology and in old sailors' accounts.
- Clumps of gulfweed drifted past the boat.
- Small crabs hid in the gulfweed.
- The beach was covered with rotting gulfweed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GULFWEED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GULFWEED
1 longer words begin with GULFWEED.
Shorter words from the letters in GULFWEED
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Common questions about GULFWEED
- Is GULFWEED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GULFWEED, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GULFWEED worth?
- GULFWEED is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GULFWEED mean?
- A brown seaweed with small air bladders that floats in great drifting mats in warm Atlantic waters.
- What letters can be added to GULFWEED?
- GULFWEED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GULFWEED:
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