Unscramble GADABOUTS and you have 196 words, GADABOUTS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is GADABOUT, 12 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GADABOUTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 8 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
GADABOUT is the only one of the 8-letter words made with GADABOUTS letters; it scores 12 points.
Among 40 5-letter words from GADABOUTS, the top score is 8, reached by 8. ABOUT, DOUBT and BOATS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from GADABOUTS, 17 score 7 points, the group's best. DATA, BOAT and BAGS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in GADABOUTS; 12 of them share the top score of 6. BUT, GOT and GOD are everyday picks.
These 2 words have the length of GADABOUTS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with GA · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
GADABOUTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GADABOUTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GADABOUTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 159 | 194 | 147 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
35 of the 196 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DATABUS, ABOUTS, AGOUTAS, BUDAS, BUDOS, DOABS, OUBAAS, AGOUTA, BASTA, BASTO, BUATS, BUDA and 23 more. 14 of the 196 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ADBOTS, ADBOT, TSUBO, DOUTS, OBAS, SOBA, DOSA, DOUT, OBA, AGS, DAS, GOS and 2 more. 2 of the 196 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: DAGOS and DAGO.