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Is GERMS a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list GERMS is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
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What does GERMS mean?

GERMS is a form of GERM.

  1. nounanything that provides inspiration for later work
  2. nouna small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
  3. nouna minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

Definitions from WordNet.

Has GERMS been a Wordle answer?

No. GERMS hadn't been a Wordle answer through #1965.

Is it a current Wordle answer? (spoiler)

No, GERMS isn't the answer to any Wordle currently being played.

Words inside GERMS

See all 19 words you can make from GERMS

Similar word lists

5 letter wordsWords starting with GEWords ending in MSWords ending in RMS5 letter words starting with G5 letter words ending in S

About this list

Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up GERMS in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

FAQ

Is GERMS a Scrabble word?

GERMS is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is GERMS worth?

GERMS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does GERMS mean?

Anything that provides inspiration for later work.