girl G₂I₁R₁L₁

GIRL is a familiar four-letter noun with several related senses. It can name a female child, refer to a young woman, or mean someone’s girlfriend. Its frequency rank is 389, with 402,557 occurrences, so this is common vocabulary rather than a specialist word, and in Scrabble the G tile supplies two of its five points.

GIRL at a glance

• GIRL has four letters and scores 5 points before board bonuses.
• The G tile is worth 2 points; I, R and L are worth 1 each.
• No anagrams are recorded for GIRL.
• Its 14 one-letter neighbours include GILL and GIRO.
• Twelve rhyming words include SWIRL, WHIRL and TWIRL.

What does GIRL mean?

The central meaning of GIRL is a female child. The word also describes a young woman, and it can refer to a girlfriend. Context makes the intended sense clear: “the girl at school” points to a child or young woman, while “my girl” can mean a partner.

That range gives the word a straightforward dictionary definition but different tones in conversation. A parent might use it for a child; friends might use it as a familiar form of address. When you need a neutral term for an adult, “woman” is more precise.

GIRL Scrabble score and close word forms

GIRL scores 5 points from its tiles: G contributes 2, and I, R and L contribute 1 apiece. A letter or word bonus square can raise the total, so the printed tile value is only the starting score. Keeping the G for a premium square is the main scoring decision.

GILL and GIRO differ from GIRL by one letter, while SWIRL and WHIRL match its final “irl” sound. The GIRL meaning is unrelated to those rhymes, so use sound matches for wordplay rather than as substitutes in a clue about definitions. Some close forms are uncommon; check your game's word list before relying on one.