Unscramble GEARCASE and you have 174 words, GEARCASE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. GEARCASE has 1 anagram here, ACREAGES, scoring 11 like GEARCASE itself. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from GEARCASE by length: 2 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 14 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with GEARCASE letters: ACREAGE, for 10 points.
Among 49 5-letter words from GEARCASE, the top score is 8, reached by 7. AREAS, AGREE and GRACE are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words from GEARCASE tie at 7 points; none scores more. AREA, CASE and CARE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of GEARCASE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GE · ending in SE · all 8-letter words
What GEARCASE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. GEARCASE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEARCASE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 174) | 138 | 174 | 135 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
36 of the 174 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CERGES, GRECES, CERGE, GRECE, SEARCE, ACERS, CAESE, CAGS, CREES, GEARES, SCRAE, ACER and 24 more. 3 of the 174 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AREG, EASER and AGS.
These 5 words take every letter of GEARCASE plus a single extra one.