GURN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. GURN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept GURN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GURN is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GURN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gurnsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GURN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GURN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does GURN mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectBritish
To pull a grotesque or exaggerated facial expression, especially by twisting the face.
Gurn describes deliberately screwing up the face into an ugly or comic expression, most famously in gurning contests held at British fairs where competitors frame their face through a horse collar and pull the wildest grimace they can manage. The word comes from the older dialect verb girn, meaning to grimace or complain.
How GURN is used
Dialect and informal; best known through British gurning competitions and everyday talk of pulling faces.
- The children began to gurn at each other across the table.
- He won the fair's contest by managing to gurn the most horribly.
- She would gurn whenever she tasted something sour.
- The comedian's ability to gurn made the audience laugh.
- Contestants lined up to gurn through the horse collar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GURN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GURN
The 4 tiles of GURN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GURN
9 longer words begin with GURN.
Shorter words from the letters in GURN
Common questions about GURN
- Is GURN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GURN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GURN worth?
- GURN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GURN mean?
- To pull a grotesque or exaggerated facial expression, especially by twisting the face.
- What letters can be added to GURN?
- GURN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GURN:
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