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Is gossan a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gossan is a Scrabble US word. The word gossan is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

G2O1S1S1A1N1

Is gossan a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gossan is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

G2O1S1S1A1N1

Is gossan a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gossan is a Words With Friends word. The word gossan is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3O1S1S1A1N2

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6-letter words (2 found)

GOSSAN,SANGOS,

5-letter words (7 found)

AGONS,SAGOS,SANGO,SANGS,SNAGS,SNOGS,SONGS,

4-letter words (18 found)

AGON,GANS,GOAS,GONS,GOSS,NAGS,NAOS,NOGS,OSSA,SAGO,SAGS,SANG,SANS,SNAG,SNOG,SOGS,SONG,SONS,

3-letter words (19 found)

AGO,AGS,ANS,ASS,GAN,GAS,GOA,GON,GOS,NAG,NAS,NOG,NOS,ONS,SAG,SAN,SOG,SON,SOS,

2-letter words (9 found)

AG,AN,AS,GO,NA,NO,ON,OS,SO,

You can make 55 words from gossan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gossan

gossan

Etymology

Borrowed in the 1770s from Cornish gossen, from gōs (“blood”), from Old Cornish guit (compare Proto-Celtic *wolis).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒsən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑsən/

Noun

gossan (countable and uncountable, plural gossans)

  1. (geology) Rust-coloured (weatherized and oxidized) rock or mineral deposits, forming the upper part or outcrop of a metallic vein.

Derived terms

  • gossaniferous

References

  • “gossan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  • “gossan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • gosans, sangos

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkossan/

Verb

gossan

  1. past indicative connegative of gossat

Participle

gossan

  1. past participle of gossat

Source: wiktionary.org