What GLADDER Means
GLADDER is a form of GLAD, which means:
- adjective: showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy“glad you are here”
- adjective: eagerly disposed to act or to be of service“glad to help”
- noun: any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GLADDER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 L1 A1 D2 D2 E1 R1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In GLADDER
116 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 (8)
5 letter words (23)
ADDERADDLEADREDALDERAREDDARGLEARLEDDALEDDAREDDEDALDREADGLADEGLAREGRADELADEDLADERLAGERLARGERADGERAGDERAGEDREADDREGAL
4 letter words (40)
AGEDAGERAREDAREGARLEDALEDAREDARGDEADDEALDEARDRADDRAGDREGEARDEARLEGADEGALGADEGAEDGALEGAREGEALGEARGELDGLADGLEDGRADLADELAERLARDLARELEADLEARRADERAGERALEREADREALREDD
3 letter words (32)
2 letter words (13)
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