What GLOSS Means
- noun: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- noun: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
- verb: give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
- verb: provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases“He annotated on what his teacher had written”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GLOSS 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 L1 O1 S1 S1.
Anagrams of GLOSS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In GLOSS
16 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 (6)
3 letter words (6)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing GLOSS
GLOSS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
AGLOSSALAGLOSSATEAGLOSSIAAGLOSSIASBUGLOSSBUGLOSSESDIGLOSSIADIGLOSSIASDIGLOSSICGLOSSAGLOSSAEGLOSSALGLOSSARIALGLOSSARIESGLOSSARISTGLOSSARYGLOSSASGLOSSATORGLOSSATORSGLOSSEDGLOSSEMEGLOSSEMESGLOSSERGLOSSERSGLOSSESGLOSSIERGLOSSIESGLOSSIESTGLOSSILYGLOSSINAGLOSSINASGLOSSINESSGLOSSINGGLOSSINGLYGLOSSISTGLOSSISTSGLOSSITICGLOSSITISGLOSSLESSGLOSSOLOGY
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.