Unscramble GABFESTS and you have 175 words, GABFESTS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. GABFEST is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GABFESTS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 16 with 2.
GABFEST is the only one of the 7-letter words in GABFESTS; it scores 13 points.
BAFTS tops the 5-letter words from GABFESTS at 10 points; next come BEGAT and FASTS on 8. STAGE, ASSET and SEATS will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GABFESTS, BAFT and FABS tie for first at 9 points. BEST, EAST and FAST are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with GABFESTS letters, FAB leads with 8 points, then FAG and FEG on 7. GET, SET and AGE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of GABFESTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GA · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
GABFESTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
GABFESTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GABFESTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 159 | 175 | 141 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Words With Friends*: FABS, FESTAS, FAB, FESTA, FESTS, FEST, BAES, FES, BAE, BES, FE, TASES and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BAFTS, BAFT, FEGS, BASSE, BESAT, FEG, SAFT, TEFS, FAE, GEATS, TEF, GEAT and 4 more, 16 in all.