What GAPES Means
GAPES is a form of GAP, which means:
- noun: a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures“gap between income and outgo”
- noun: an open or empty space in or between things“there was a small opening between the trees”
- verb: make an opening or gap in
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GAPES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 A1 P3 E1 S1.
Anagrams of GAPES (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In GAPES
40 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 (15)
3 letter words (18)
2 letter words (7)
Longer Words Containing GAPES
GAPES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.