What GIMBALS Means
GIMBALS is a form of GIMBAL, which means:
- noun: an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GIMBALS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 I1 M3 B3 A1 L1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In GIMBALS
139 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 (2)
5 letter words (25)
AGISMBAILSBALMSBASILBIMASBLAGSBLAMSGAMBSGILASGLAMSGLIASGLIBSGLIMSIAMBSLABISLAMBSLIMASLIMBALIMBSMAILSMALISSALMISIGLASIGMASIMBA
4 letter words (54)
AILSAIMSALBSALMSAMISBAGSBAILBALMBALSBAMSBIASBIGABIGSBIMABLAGBLAMGABSGALSGAMBGAMSGIBSGILAGISMGLAMGLIAGLIBGLIMIAMBISBALABSLAGSLAMBLAMSLIASLIBSLIGSLIMALIMBMAGIMAGSMAILMALIMALSMIBSMIGSMILSSAILSAIMSIALSIMASLABSLAGSLAMSLIM
3 letter words (43)
ABSAGSAILAIMAISALBALSAMIBAGBALBAMBASBIGBISGABGALGAMGASGIBGISISMLABLAGLAMLASLIBLIGLISMAGMALMASMIBMIGMILMISSABSAGSAISALSAMSIBSIMSMA
2 letter words (15)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.