GURDY is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 10 points
Yes for Scrabble. GURDY is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept GURDY?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GURDY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GURDY
No single letter turns GURDY into another word.
How GURDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GURDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does GURDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticalNorth American
A powered winch on a fishing boat, used to haul in lines, nets, or pots.
A gurdy mounts on deck and takes the strain of pulling gear up from the water, work that once had to be done entirely by hand. Commercial fishermen along the North American coast use the word chiefly for the hydraulic or mechanical winches that haul crab pots, longlines, or trolling gear aboard small boats. The name is thought to come from hurdy-gurdy, comparing the winch's steady cranking motion to the hand-cranked musical instrument of the same root. Outside the fishing trade the word is rarely heard, and a landsman would more likely call the same machine simply a winch.
How GURDY is used
Regional and trade-specific; used by commercial fishermen for a deck winch rather than winches in general.
- He fired up the gurdy to haul the first pot of the morning.
- The gurdy jammed halfway through hauling the line.
- A new gurdy made the work faster than pulling gear by hand.
- Salt spray coated the gurdy after every set.
- The old boat still ran its gurdy off a belt from the engine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GURDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GURDY
The 5 tiles of GURDY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in GURDY
Common questions about GURDY
- Is GURDY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GURDY is not in it.
- How many points is GURDY worth?
- GURDY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GURDY mean?
- A powered winch on a fishing boat, used to haul in lines, nets, or pots.
- What letters can be added to GURDY?
- No single letter can be added to GURDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GURDY:
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