GURSH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GURSH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GURSH?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GURSH is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GURSH
No single letter turns GURSH into another word.
How GURSH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GURSH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does GURSH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A monetary subunit used in Saudi Arabia and some neighboring countries, equal to one hundredth of a riyal; also spelled qirsh or girsh.
Gursh names the small coin or accounting unit that divides the riyal, much as a cent divides a dollar, and it descends from the older Ottoman qirsh that once circulated across much of the Middle East. Because transliteration from Arabic into English is not fixed, the same unit turns up in print as qirsh, girsh, kurush, and several other spellings, all pointing to the same coin. Everyday prices in the region are usually quoted in riyals rather than gursh alone, so the smaller unit shows up mainly in exact totals and older price lists. The word belongs to the same family of small Middle Eastern currency terms as piastre and para.
How GURSH is used
A technical currency term, seen mainly in finance, history, or coin collecting rather than everyday conversation.
- The old price tag read forty gursh rather than a whole riyal.
- Collectors traded coins worth a single gursh from decades ago.
- The bank exchanged foreign notes down to the last gursh.
- Historians noted how the gursh replaced smaller Ottoman coins in the region.
- A handful of gursh coins jingled in his pocket.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GURSH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GURSH
The 5 tiles of GURSH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GURSH
1 longer words begin with GURSH.
Words with GURSH inside
2 words contain GURSH in the middle. Words that start with GURSH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GURSH
Common questions about GURSH
- Is GURSH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GURSH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GURSH worth?
- GURSH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GURSH mean?
- A monetary subunit used in Saudi Arabia and some neighboring countries, equal to one hundredth of a riyal; also spelled qirsh or girsh.
- What letters can be added to GURSH?
- No single letter can be added to GURSH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GURSH:
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