GURGE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GURGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GURGE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GURGE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GURGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GURGE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GURGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does GURGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicrare
A whirlpool or swirling body of water; also, an act of swallowing something up.
Gurge traces back to the Latin gurges, a term Roman writers used for a deep, turbulent stretch of water such as a river gorge or a churning sea current. English poets of past centuries borrowed gurge for descriptions of dangerous water that pulls vessels or objects downward, giving their verse a heavier, more classical tone than plainer alternatives such as current or eddy. Because the word dropped out of ordinary speech long ago, gurge survives today chiefly in older poetry, heraldic terminology, and specialist word lists for players rather than in everyday prose.
How GURGE is used
Archaic and rare; encountered chiefly in older poetic writing and specialist word lists rather than in current speech.
- The boat spun helplessly at the edge of the gurge.
- Old verse describes the river narrowing into a dark gurge.
- The current seemed to gurge everything within reach toward the rocks.
- Sailors feared the gurge that formed where the two currents met.
- The poem pictures the sea as a vast, hungry gurge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GURGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GURGE
2 longer words begin with GURGE.
Shorter words from the letters in GURGE
Common questions about GURGE
- Is GURGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GURGE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GURGE worth?
- GURGE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GURGE mean?
- A whirlpool or swirling body of water; also, an act of swallowing something up.
- What letters can be added to GURGE?
- GURGE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GURGE:
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