Is “Galls” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
GALLS
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
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Meaning of Galls

noun
  1. 1.Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.

  2. 2.The gall bladder.

  3. 3.Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.

verb
  1. 1.To bother or trouble.

  2. 2.To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.

  3. 3.To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.

noun
  1. 1.A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.

  2. 2.A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.

Synonyms: nutgall

verb
  1. 1.To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.