Unscramble GEARWHEEL and you have 160 words, GEARWHEEL itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. RAGWHEEL is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GEARWHEEL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 9 with 6, 32 with 5, 54 with 4, 44 with 3 and 17 with 2.
RAGWHEEL is the only one of the 8-letter words made with GEARWHEEL letters; it scores 15 points.
32 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GEARWHEEL; 7 of them share the top score of 11. LARGE, AGREE and WHEEL are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with GEARWHEEL letters are led by WHAE and WHEE, 10 points each. HERE, WERE and REAL are the familiar ones.
HAW, HEW and WHA are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble GEARWHEEL, 9 points each. ARE, LAW and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of GEARWHEEL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GE · ending in EL · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; WHEELER (13 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GEARWHEEL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEARWHEEL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 127 | 160 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RAGWHEEL, AWHEEL, WHEARE, LEGWEAR, WHARE, WHEAR, WHAE, HEALEE, AWEEL, HEARE, LAWER, ALEW and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ARGH, EEEW, EEW, LAH, AREG and EW, 6 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of GEARWHEEL spell the words below.