GUMBO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GUMBO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUMBO?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUMBO is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUMBO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gumbosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUMBO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GUMBO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does GUMBO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thick soup or stew, especially of Louisiana Creole and Cajun cooking, typically made with meat or seafood and thickened with okra, roux, or file powder.
Gumbo takes its name from an African word for okra, the vegetable long used to thicken the dish, though modern versions may rely instead on a dark roux or ground sassafras leaves called file powder. Beyond the kitchen, the same word describes a fine, clay-rich soil found on the American plains that turns thick and sticky when wet, a texture cooks and farmers both seem to have noticed independently.
How GUMBO is used
Best known as a Louisiana culinary term, with a separate regional use describing sticky clay soil.
- The restaurant's seafood gumbo came with a scoop of white rice.
- She spent all afternoon making a rich chicken and sausage gumbo.
- Heavy rain turned the field into thick, sticky gumbo mud.
- His grandmother's gumbo recipe used file powder instead of okra.
- Every family in the neighborhood seemed to have its own version of gumbo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUMBO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUMBO
7 longer words begin with GUMBO.
Words with GUMBO inside
4 words contain GUMBO in the middle. Words that start with GUMBO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GUMBO
Common questions about GUMBO
- Is GUMBO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUMBO, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUMBO worth?
- GUMBO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUMBO mean?
- A thick soup or stew, especially of Louisiana Creole and Cajun cooking, typically made with meat or seafood and thickened with okra, roux, or file powder.
- What letters can be added to GUMBO?
- GUMBO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GUMBO:
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