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Is GEARS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, GEARS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 6 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does GEARS mean?

Gears is a form of GEAR.

  1. verb

    set the level or character of

    “She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience”

  2. noun

    a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

  3. noun

    wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

    “the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain”

  4. noun

    a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

Scrabble
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5

G (2) + E (1) + A (1) + R (1) + S (1) = 6 points in Scrabble.

Dictionary status

  • Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
  • Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
  • Words With FriendsListed

Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.

Hooks for GEARS

GEARS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.

Front hooks0

None. Nothing can be added to the front.

Back hooks0

None. Nothing can be added to the end.

Anagrams of GEARS

Words that use exactly the same letters.

Words you can make from GEARS

The 49 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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