Unscramble GESTE and you have 22 words, GESTE itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. GESTE has 2 anagrams here, EGEST and GEEST, scoring 6 like GESTE itself. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 5 points, GETS, GEES and GEST among them. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GESTE split into 3 with 5 letters, 5 with 4, 9 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of GESTE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with GE · ending in TE · all 5-letter words
GESTE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GESTE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GESTE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 22) | 20 | 22 | 17 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
3 of the 22 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EST, TES and TE. 2 of the 22 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EE and ST.
These 12 words take every letter of GESTE plus a single extra one.