Unscramble GAMBISTS and you have 177 words, GAMBISTS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GAMBIST and GAMBITS lead with 12 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from GAMBISTS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 11 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 17 with 2.
GAMBS tops the 5-letter words from GAMBISTS at 10 points; next come AMBIT and BIMAS on 9. BASIS, SIGMA and BAITS will look familiar.
GAMB scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GAMBISTS at 9 points, ahead of BAMS and BIMA on 8. MASS, MISS and TAGS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GAMBISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GA · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GAMBITS (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: GAMBISTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAMBISTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 144 | 177 | 136 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
33 of the 177 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GAMBISTS, GAMBIST, SIMBAS, SIMBA, ABSITS, BASTIS, GISMS, ABSIT, BASTI, BIGA, GISM, MISSA and 21 more. 8 of the 177 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STIMS, STIM, SIGS, AGS, GIS, SIG, ATS and GI.
With one more tile, the letters of GAMBISTS spell the words below.