Is GAWKY a word?
GAWKY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 12 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, GAWKY is a valid word.
What does gawky mean?
adjective: lacking grace in movement or posture.
“a gawky lad with long ungainly legs”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
GAWKY: word details
- Pronunciation: GAW-kee (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 16 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 16 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so GAWKY works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside gawky
Words you can make from the letters of gawky.
Solve a whole rack, not just GAWKY
GAWKY is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does GAWKY mean?
GAWKY is a adjective. It means: lacking grace in movement or posture.
Is GAWKY a valid word?
Yes, GAWKY is a valid word. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.