299 words come out when you unscramble GEARSTICK, starting with GEARSTICK itself: 16 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GEARSTICK by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
15 of 33 7-letter words made with GEARSTICK letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. STICKER, GASTRIC and STACKER will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GEARSTICK, 22 score 12 points, the group's best. TRACKS, STRIKE and TRICKS are the ones most people know.
GECKS tops the 5-letter words from GEARSTICK at 12 points; next come ACKER and CAKES on 11. TRACK, TAKES and STICK will look familiar.
GECK scores highest among the 4-letter words in GEARSTICK at 11 points, ahead of CAKE and CARK on 10. TAKE, RISK and KITS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with GEARSTICK letters, ACK and ICK tie for first at 9 points. GET, CAR and ACT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of GEARSTICK but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GE · ending in CK · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CAKIEST, KARSTIC, RACKETS, RESTACK, RETACKS, RICKETS, STACKER and STICKER (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GEARSTICK, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEARSTICK itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 223 | 299 | 203 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 76 of them: TRACKIES, CASKIER, EIRACKS, TACKIES, TRACKIE, ACKERS, EIRACK, ERICKS, RICKET, SCRIKE, STRACK, TRECKS and 64 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: GEARSTICK, ICKS, STAKER, ACK, ATRESIC, KETAS, KRAIS, SAKTI, KETA, KRAI, SIKA, KIS and 8 more.
With one more tile, the letters of GEARSTICK spell the words below.