GYRO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GYRO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GYRO?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GYRO is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GYRO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GYRO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GYRO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What stands out about GYRO
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GYRO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A gyroscope — the short form.
Gyro is clipped from a longer word built on the Greek for a circle, which is the same root as gyre. A separate gyro, naming a Greek sandwich, is an unrelated modern borrowing.
How GYRO is used
Countable: a gyro, two gyros.
- A gyro holds its axis whatever the aircraft does.
- The word gyro is clipped from gyroscope.
- Gyro and gyre share a Greek root.
- A separate gyro is a Greek sandwich.
- Two gyros give redundancy in one instrument.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GYRO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GYRO
The 4 tiles of GYRO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GYRO
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with GYRO.
Words ending in GYRO
1 words end in GYRO. Useful as a back hook: play GYRO onto a word already on the board.
Words with GYRO inside
3 words contain GYRO in the middle. Words that start with GYRO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GYRO
Common questions about GYRO
- Is GYRO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GYRO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GYRO worth?
- GYRO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GYRO mean?
- A gyroscope — the short form.
- What letters can be added to GYRO?
- GYRO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GYRO:
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