Unscramble GALOCHES and you have 219 words, GALOCHES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GALOCHES split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 15 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
The best of the 5-letter words from GALOCHES is CHOGS, 11 points; ACHES and CHALS on 10 follow. CLOSE, SCALE and GOALS are everyday picks.
CHOG and GACH share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GALOCHES. EACH, CASE and CASH are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with GALOCHES letters; 6 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, AGE and LOG are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of GALOCHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GACHES and LOACHES (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts GALOCHES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALOCHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 219) | 174 | 217 | 147 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
45 of the 219 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GALOCHES, GALOCHE, OSCHEAL, CHOGS, SEALCH, CHALS, CHOG, OSHAC, SEAHOG, SEALGH, SEGHOL, CHAL and 33 more. 27 of the 219 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GACHES, CHOLAS, LOCHES, CHOLA, GACH, LOCHE, OCHES, OCHE, CLEGS, OCH, CALOS, CLEG and 15 more. 2 of the 219 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: HAOLES and HAOLE.