GYROSE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GYROSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GYROSE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GYROSE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GYROSE
No single letter turns GYROSE into another word.
How GYROSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GYROSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does GYROSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Marked with wavy or winding lines, as the surface of certain lichens and fungi.
Gyrose is a descriptive term from botany and mycology for a surface patterned by curving, sinuous ridges, like the folds of a brain or the whorls of a fingerprint. Some lichens and mushroom caps are gyrose, and the word helps a naturalist describe them exactly. It shares its root with gyrate, from the Greek word for a circle. A less common alternative form, gyrous, carries the same sense.
How GYROSE is used
Technical; found in botanical descriptions.
- The lichen has a gyrose surface of pale ridges.
- A gyrose pattern covered the cap of the fungus.
- The botanist described the disc as gyrose and brown.
- Under the lens the gyrose lines looked like tiny rivers.
- The gyrose texture sets this species apart from its relatives.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GYROSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about GYROSE
- Is GYROSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GYROSE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GYROSE worth?
- GYROSE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GYROSE mean?
- Marked with wavy or winding lines, as the surface of certain lichens and fungi.
- What letters can be added to GYROSE?
- No single letter can be added to GYROSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GYROSE:
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