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Is gopher a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gopher is a Scrabble US word. The word gopher is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

G2O1P3H4E1R1

Is gopher a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gopher is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

G2O1P3H4E1R1

Is gopher a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gopher is a Words With Friends word. The word gopher is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3O1P4H3E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

GOPHER,

5-letter words (5 found)

EPHOR,GROPE,HOPER,PEROG,PORGE,

4-letter words (16 found)

ERGO,GOER,GORE,GORP,HERO,HOER,HOPE,HORE,OGRE,PEGH,PORE,PROG,REGO,REPO,ROHE,ROPE,

3-letter words (27 found)

EGO,ERG,GEO,GER,GOE,GOR,HEP,HER,HOE,HOG,HOP,OPE,ORE,ORG,PEG,PEH,PER,PHO,POH,PRE,PRO,REG,REH,REO,REP,RHO,ROE,

2-letter words (12 found)

EH,ER,GO,HE,HO,OE,OH,OP,OR,PE,PO,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 62 words from gopher according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gopher

gopher

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊfə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊfɚ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊfə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Perhaps an adaptation of Cajun French gaufre (literally “honeycomb, waffle”), based on the analogy of holes in the ground to the indentations in a honeycomb or a waffle (doublet of waffle). Alternatively, from Muskogean.

Noun

gopher (plural gophers)

  1. A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (true gophers).
    Hyponym: pocket gopher
  2. A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).
  3. A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).
  4. A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).
Alternative forms
  • gauffre
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • gopher wood

Etymology 2

Noun

gopher (plural gophers)

  1. Alternative spelling of gofer

Further reading

  • gopher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References


Source: wiktionary.org