The word gild is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • gild v. (Transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
  • gild v. (Transitive) To adorn.
  • gild v. (Transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.

15 valid words from 3 definitions

ADORN APPEARANCE COOKING COVER DECORATE GOLD GOLDEN LAYER LEAF OF SURFACE THIN TO TRANSITIVE WITH

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

GI

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

LI LIG

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

GLID

14 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

EILD GELD GIED GILA GILL GILT GIRD GOLD HILD KILD MILD SILD VILD WILD

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

GID

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

GUILD

13 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

GILDS GILDED GILDEN GILDER GILDERS GILDING GILDHALL GILDINGS GILDSMAN GILDSMEN GILDHALLS GILDSWOMAN GILDSWOMEN

19 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

BEGILDS ENGILDS REGILDS UNGILDS BEGILDED ENGILDED REGILDED UNGILDED WERGILDS BEGILDING ENGILDING OVERGILDS REGILDING UNGILDING WEREGILDS OVERGILDED OVERGILDING ELECTROGILDING ELECTROGILDINGS

7 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

BEGILD ENGILD REGILD UNGILD WERGILD OVERGILD WEREGILD

5 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A ALGID
+E GELID GLIDE
+S GILDS
+U GUILD

4 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-D LIG
-G LID
-L DIG GID

Scrabble scoring

  • 6 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 80.8 chance (1.24%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 259 chance (0.39%).

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Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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