174 words come out when you unscramble GETAWAYS, starting with GETAWAYS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of GETAWAYS is on the page: GATEWAYS, each 15 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GETAWAYS split into 2 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 6 with 6, 26 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
The best of the 5-letter words from GETAWAYS is GAWSY, 12 points; ASWAY and AWAYS on 11 follow. STAGE, WASTE and GATES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in GETAWAYS, the top score is 10, reached by 10. WEST, EASY and AWAY are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words made with GETAWAYS letters; 6 of them share the top score of 9. WAS, GET and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of GETAWAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GE · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
What GETAWAYS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GETAWAYS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GETAWAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 174) | 138 | 174 | 125 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
36 of the 174 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AWAYES, ASWAY, AWAYS, TWAYS, SWEY, TWAY, WEYS, GYTES, SWY, WEY, GAWS, GYTE and 24 more. 13 of the 174 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STEWY, YAGES, WETAS, YAGE, YAGS, WETA, YAG, YAS, EW, AGS, ATS, EST and 1 more.