What GALLS Means
GALLS is a form of GALL, which means:
- noun: an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
- noun: a skin sore caused by chafing
- verb: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- verb: irritate or vex“It galls me that we lost the suit”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GALLS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 A1 L1 L1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In GALLS
19 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.
4 letter words (6)
3 letter words (9)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing GALLS
GALLS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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