What GALLEYS Means
GALLEYS is a form of GALLEY, which means:
- noun: a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading
- noun: (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GALLEYS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 A1 L1 L1 E1 Y4 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In GALLEYS
112 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (5)
5 letter words (16)
4 letter words (42)
AGESAGLYALESALLSALLYAYESEASYEGALELLSEYASGAESGALEGALLGALSGAYSGEALGELSGLEYGYALLAGSLASELAYSLEALLEASLEGSLEYSLYESLYSESAGESAGYSALESALLSEALSELLSLAESLAGSLAYSLEYYAGSYALEYEASYELL
3 letter words (38)
AGEAGSALEALLALSAYEAYSEASELLELSGAEGALGASGAYGELGEYLAGLASLAYLEALEGLESLEYLYESAESAGSALSAYSEASEGSELSEYSLYSYEYAEYAGYEAYES
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.