gauge
gauge is a valid 5-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What does gauge mean?
Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).
Adapt to a specified measurement.
“gauge the instruments”
Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation.
“gauge the wine barrels”
Measure precisely and against a standard.
“the wire is gauged”
Mix in specific proportions.
“gauge plaster”
Rub to a uniform size.
“gauge bricks”
The distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train.
The thickness of wire.
A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared.
Diameter of a tube or gun barrel.