Unscramble GESTAPO and you have 180 words, GESTAPO itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: POSTAGE and POTAGES. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of GESTAPO at once for 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50) or 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GESTAPO by length: 3 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 33 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GESTAPO, the top score is 8, reached by 4. PAGES, STAGE and GATES are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 4-letter words from GESTAPO tie at 7 points; none scores more. PAGE, POST and PAST will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble GESTAPO, GAP and PEG tie for first at 6 points. GET, TOP and SET are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of GESTAPO for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with GE · ending in PO · all 7-letter words
What GESTAPO means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. GESTAPO 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GESTAPO itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 153 | 180 | 139 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 27 of them: SAPEGO, GAPOS, POTAES, GAPO, GOATSE, POTAE, POTES, SPAG, SPEAT, STOEP, APSO, APTS and 15 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: APOS, GOEST, OPAS, APO, OPA, POS, PST, TOEAS, AGS, GOS, PO, ATS and 2 more.
These 9 words take every letter of GESTAPO plus a single extra one.