Unscramble GAINSTROVE and you have 395 words, GAINSTROVE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 13, among them GRAVITONS, GRIEVANTS and RAVIGOTES. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from GAINSTROVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 9, 54 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
Among 54 8-letter words in GAINSTROVE, the top score is 12, reached by 17. INVESTOR, ORGANISE and STARVING are the familiar ones.
27 of 60 7-letter words from GAINSTROVE tie at 11 points; none scores more. VERSION, VINTAGE and SERVING will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GAINSTROVE, the top score is 10, reached by 27. NATIVE, SAVING and VOTING are the familiar ones.
18 of 60 5-letter words from GAINSTROVE tie at 9 points; none scores more. GIVEN, GIVES and GROVE will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in GAINSTROVE; 12 of them share the top score of 8. OVER, SAVE and GIVE are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with GAINSTROVE letters, the top score is 7, reached by 5. GET, GOT and AGE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of GAINSTROVE but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GRAVITONS, GRIEVANTS, RAVIGOTES and VINTAGERS (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: GAINSTROVE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAINSTROVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 395) | 312 | 394 | 283 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GAINSTROVE, OVERSTAIN, STERVING, TAVERING, VITRAGES, GARVIES, GROVETS, OVATING, STOVAINE, VENATORS, VERTING, VITRAGE and 70 more, 82 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GROVIEST, STOVING, ENVIROS, NOVATES, RAVIEST, VIRGAE, ANGSTIER, ENVIRO, NOVATE, STEVIA, TASERING, VEGAS and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
These 11 words take every letter of GAINSTROVE plus a single extra one.