52 words come out when you unscramble GATEAUX, starting with GATEAUX itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. TAXA and EAUX are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 7 letters split into 4 vowels and 3 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of GATEAUX at once for 65 in Scrabble (15 + 50) or 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
G23A1T1E1A1U12X8
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from GATEAUX split into 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 2 with 5, 8 with 4, 26 with 3 and 14 with 2.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words in GATEAUX: GATEAU, 7 points.
Keep every letter of GATEAUX but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with GA · ending in UX · all 7-letter words
What GATEAUX means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GATEAUX, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATEAUX itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 52) | 42 | 52 | 39 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
10 of the 52 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEX, GEAT, ATUA, GAU, GUE, AUA, AUE, GU, UG and EA. 3 of the 52 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TEGU, UTE and TE.