GUMBOTIL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GUMBOTIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUMBOTIL?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUMBOTIL is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUMBOTIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gumbotilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUMBOTIL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GUMBOTIL, 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 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GUMBOTIL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about GUMBOTIL
- All 8 letters of GUMBOTIL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GUMBOTIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A sticky, dark clay produced when glacial deposits are thoroughly weathered over a long time.
Geologists value gumbotil because the thickness of the layer hints at how long an ice-free period lasted between two glaciations. It turns up in soil and glacial studies rather than in everyday talk.
How GUMBOTIL is used
Used in geology when describing weathered glacial deposits in the American Midwest and similar regions.
- The survey team recorded a thick layer of gumbotil beneath the topsoil.
- Gumbotil is sticky when wet and hard to dig through.
- A deep bed of gumbotil suggests a long warm gap between ice advances.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUMBOTIL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUMBOTIL
1 longer words begin with GUMBOTIL.
Shorter words from the letters in GUMBOTIL
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Common questions about GUMBOTIL
- Is GUMBOTIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUMBOTIL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUMBOTIL worth?
- GUMBOTIL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUMBOTIL mean?
- A sticky, dark clay produced when glacial deposits are thoroughly weathered over a long time.
- What letters can be added to GUMBOTIL?
- GUMBOTIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GUMBOTIL:
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