GYM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GYM 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 GYM?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GYM is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 2.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GYM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GYM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GYM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,475.
What does GYM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A room or building with equipment for physical exercise.
Gym is clipped from gymnasium, which is Greek and names the place where one trained naked — that being how it was done. The word now covers a school hall, a paid membership and a spare room at home, and the original sense would astonish everybody in all three.
How GYM is used
Countable: a gym, two gyms. Also a verb in some varieties.
- The gym is empty in August and full in January.
- He joined a gym and went four times.
- The school gym doubles as the examination hall.
- Two gyms opened on the same street in one year.
- A home gym is mostly a clothes horse by March.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GYM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GYM
Showing 24 of 49 words that begin with GYM.
Words ending in GYM
2 words end in GYM. Useful as a back hook: play GYM onto a word already on the board.
Words with GYM inside
13 words contain GYM in the middle. Words that start with GYM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GYM
Common questions about GYM
- Is GYM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GYM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GYM worth?
- GYM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GYM mean?
- A room or building with equipment for physical exercise.
- What letters can be added to GYM?
- GYM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GYM:
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