Unscramble GANCHES and you have 139 words, GANCHES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. GANCHES has 1 anagram here, CHANGES, scoring 13 like GANCHES itself. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of GANCHES at once for 63 in Scrabble (13 + 50) or 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from GANCHES split into 2 with 7 letters, 7 with 6, 19 with 5, 53 with 4, 43 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among the 4-letter words from GANCHES, GACH leads with 10 points, then ACHE and CASH on 9. EACH, CASE and AGES are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of GANCHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with GA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHANGES (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: GANCHES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GANCHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 102 | 139 | 91 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GANCHES, CANEHS, GANCH, CANEH, NACHE, CHAS, NACH, SECH, ACH, CANGS, CHA, CHE and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GACHES, GACH, SHEN, AHS, GEANS, GEAN, NEGS, AGS, NAES, NEG and SAN, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of GANCHES and one more.