Unscramble GEMFISH and you have 79 words, GEMFISH itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FEHM leads with 12 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of GEMFISH in one turn: 66 in Scrabble (16 + 50), 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GEMFISH by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 5, 27 with 4, 34 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 6 letters.
HIEMS is the only one of the 5-letter words made with GEMFISH letters; it scores 10 points.
Keep every letter of GEMFISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with GE · ending in SH · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FISH (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GEMFISH is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEMFISH itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 79) | 64 | 75 | 54 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: HIMS, GIFS, MEH, GIF, MEGS, FES, MEG, FE, MES, GIS, SIG and GI. Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 11 of them: GEMFISH, FEHM, HIEMS, FEGS, EISH, FEG, FEIS, GISM, EHS, ISH and SIF. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: EMFS and EMF. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: HEMI and FI.
This word takes every letter of GEMFISH plus a single extra one.