4 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
origin1920s, from Ukrainian ґлей (glej, “clayey soil”), from Proto-Slavic *glьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁y-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate of clay.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0