Eight-letter Gs

There are some nice eight-letter words with the one- point tiles and a G that all Scrabble players should know. Here are eight you can make with the letters AEILNRS + G.

ALIGNERS

ENGRAILS decorates (e.g. the side of a coin) with small carved notches

NARGILES hookah pipes

REALIGNS

SALERING an area in a market where animals are sold

SANGLIER a wild boar

SIGNALER SLANGIER

Or if you have a T in place of the S:

ALTERING

INTEGRAL

RELATING

TANGLIER

TERAGLIN Australian fish

TRIANGLE

By Barry Grossman

Barry is a leading UK Scrabble player and winner of several tournaments. He is the author of Scrabble for Beginners (Chambers), Need to Know Scrabble, Scrabble – Play to Win and The Little Book of Scrabble Trickster. He has also contributed to numerous other books on the subject of words and word-games, has been a series champion of Channel 4’s Countdown, and has written four comedy series for BBC Radio 4. He lives in Hertford.

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