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GILLS

5 letters, 6 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What GILLS Means

GILLS is a form of GILL, which means:

  1. noun: a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
  2. noun: a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GILLS 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 I1 L1 L1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In GILLS

12 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 (4)

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing GILLS

GILLS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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