Unscramble GENTLEST and you have 144 words, GENTLEST itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are GENTLES and LENGEST, 8 points each. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from GENTLEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 12 with 6, 36 with 5, 54 with 4, 29 with 3 and 8 with 2.
36 5-letter words from GENTLEST; 14 of them share the top score of 6. TEENS, STEEL and GENES are everyday picks.
Of the 54 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GENTLEST, 15 score 5 points, the group's best. TEEN, TEST and SEEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GENTLEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GE · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
The meaning of GENTLEST, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
GENTLEST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENTLEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 144) | 114 | 144 | 103 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LENGEST, GLENTS, ETTLES, GLENT, LENGS, ETENS, ETTLE, LENG, NETES, STEEN, TENES, TESTE and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TELNETS, TENGES, TELNET, TENGE, NEGS, STENT, ESNE, NEG, EST, TES and TE, 11 in all.
This word takes every letter of GENTLEST plus a single extra one.