What GLADS Means
GLADS 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
GLADS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 L1 A1 D2 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In GLADS
29 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 (8)
3 letter words (15)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing GLADS
GLADS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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