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GNATS

5 letters, 6 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What GNATS Means

GNATS is a form of GNAT, which means:

  1. noun: any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
  2. noun: (British usage) mosquito

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GNATS 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 N1 A1 T1 S1.

Anagrams of GNATS (4)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In GNATS

38 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 (15)

3 letter words (16)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing GNATS

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

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