140 words come out when you unscramble GALLOOTS, starting with GALLOOTS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
G23A1L12L12O1O1T1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GALLOOTS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 6 with 6, 31 with 5, 52 with 4, 34 with 3 and 13 with 2.
11 of 31 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GALLOOTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. TOOLS, GOALS and LOGOS will look familiar.
Of the 52 4-letter words from GALLOOTS, 20 score 5 points, the group's best. ALSO, LAST and LOST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GALLOOTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GA · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
What GALLOOTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GALLOOTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALLOOTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 125 | 140 | 116 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
15 of the 140 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LOLOGS, GOOLS, LOLOG, ALOOS, GOOL, LOAST, SALTO, SLOOT, ALOO, SOG, SOOL, LOS and 3 more. 9 of the 140 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AGLOOS, AGLOO, LOTSA, TALLS, AGS, GOS, LOTO, TOSA and ATS.