Unscramble GASTRULAS to get 232 words. GASTRULAS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GASTRULAS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 14 with 2.
17 of 38 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GASTRULAS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SUGARS and ASTRAL will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from GASTRULAS; 36 of them share the top score of 6. GLASS, SUGAR and GRASS are everyday picks.
38 of 60 4-letter words from GASTRULAS tie at 5 points; none scores more. LAST, ARTS and TAGS will look familiar.
Among 49 3-letter words in GASTRULAS, the top score is 4, reached by 20. ART, GAS and SAT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of GASTRULAS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with GA · ending in AS · all 9-letter words
GASTRULAS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GASTRULAS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GASTRULAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 166 | 232 | 152 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
66 of the 232 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GUSLARS, AGASTS, GALUTS, GLAURS, GUSLAR, GUSLAS, SARGUS, STRAGS, TRAGAL, TUGRAS, AGAST, ASSART and 54 more. 14 of the 232 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GULARS, TARGAS, AGLUS, ASURAS, SALATS, TARGA, AGLU, ASURA, SALAT, SALUT, AGS, LATU and 2 more.
This word takes every letter of GASTRULAS plus a single extra one.