Unscramble gear

21 words come out when you unscramble GEAR, starting with GEAR itself: 5 in Scrabble, 6 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 5 points: AGER, AREG, GARE and RAGE. The best shorter words score 4: 7 of them, AGE, RAG and GAR included. The 4 letters split into 2 vowels and 2 consonants.

Looking for rega, gaer, gera, earg, egra, rgae, arge, raeg, egar or agre? They use the same letters as GEAR, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From gear

Counting the words from GEAR by length: 5 with 4 letters, 10 with 3 and 6 with 2.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with gear

The 4-letter words made with GEAR letters are 5: GEAR itself and 4 anagrams, RAGE, GARE, AREG and AGER. Each scores 5 points.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with gear

7 of 10 3-letter words in GEAR tie at 4 points; none scores more. ARE, AGE and ERA will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with gear

Among the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble GEAR, AG leads with 3 points, then AE and AR on 2.

GEAR With One Letter Changed

Trade one tile of GEAR for another and you can spell these 6 words:

G Y gives YEAR · unscramble year
G T gives RATE · unscramble rate
G H gives HEAR · words from hear
G F gives FEAR · unscramble fear
G A gives AREA · words from area
E B gives GRAB · unscramble grab

More 4-letter words: starting with GE · ending in AR · all 4-letter words

Add two letters to GEAR:

GEAR + D + R · words from grader

What the Best GEAR Words Mean

The meaning of GEAR, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

GEAR 5 · 6: to provide with gears (toothed machine parts)
AGER 5 · 6: one that ages
AREG 5 · 6: an area of shifting desert sand dunes
RAGE 5 · 6: to act or speak with violent anger
AGE 4 · 5: to grow old
ERG 4 · 5: a unit of work or energy
GAE 4 · 5: to go
GAR 4 · 5: to cause or compel

GEAR in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

GEAR works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
GEAR itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 21)	18	21	17

* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: GARE, GER and EA. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: AREG.

Longer Words Built on GEAR

These 12 words take every letter of GEAR plus a single extra one.

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