Unscramble EGREGIOUS and you have 216 words, EGREGIOUS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is GOUGERES, 10 points. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from EGREGIOUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 24 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 19 with 2.
GOUGERES is the only one of the 8-letter words made with EGREGIOUS letters; it scores 10 points.
51 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EGREGIOUS; 11 of them share the top score of 7. EUROS, ROUGE and SURGE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in EGREGIOUS, the top score is 6, reached by 6. GOES, ROSE and RISE are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words made with EGREGIOUS letters, EGG, GIG and IGG tie for first at 5 points. USE, SEE and SIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of EGREGIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EG · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GOUGERS, GREIGES and SOGGIER (9 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EGREGIOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EGREGIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 153 | 216 | 141 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
63 of the 216 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GOUGERES, GOUGERE, SEGUGIO, GREGES, REGGOS, GREGE, GUISER, ORGUES, REGGO, RIGGS, SIEGER, ERGOS and 51 more. 12 of the 216 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EGGIER, REGIES, IGGS, REGIE, IGG, ORGS, GIS, GOS, ORG, SIG, GI and OI.