127 words come out when you unscramble GAINSAID, starting with GAINSAID itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from GAINSAID by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 17 with 5, 52 with 4, 37 with 3 and 14 with 2.
SIGANID is the only one of the 7-letter words made with GAINSAID letters; it scores 9 points.
9 of 52 4-letter words from GAINSAID tie at 6 points; none scores more. SAID, SIGN and AIDS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of GAINSAID but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GA · ending in ID · all 8-letter words
What GAINSAID means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GAINSAID, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAINSAID itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 127) | 96 | 127 | 84 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AINGAS, GAIDS, INDIAS, AIDAS, AIGAS, AINGA, GAID, IGAD, INDIA, AIDA, AIGA, DISA and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NAGAS, SIGNA, DANS, NAGA, AGS, DAN, DAS, GIS, SIG, DA, GI and SAN, 12 in all.