Is GEAR a word?
GEAR is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words With Friends, has 4 letters, and can be rearranged into 4 other words, plus 10 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, GEAR is a valid word.
What does gear mean?
noun: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
GEAR: word details
- Pronunciation: GIHR (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 4 letters, a short word. It is one of 5,469 4-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 5 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 6 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of gear
Shorter words inside gear
Words you can make from the letters of gear.
Solve a whole rack, not just GEAR
GEAR 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 GEAR mean?
GEAR is a noun. It means: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
Is GEAR a valid word?
Yes, GEAR is a valid word. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 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.