Unscramble GILAS and you have 37 words, GILAS itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of GILAS are on the page: GLIAS and SIGLA, each 6 points. The best shorter words score 5: 6 of them, GALS, LAGS and SLAG included. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from GILAS by length: 3 with 5 letters, 10 with 4, 15 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of GILAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with GI · ending in AS · all 5-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GLIAS and SIGLA (6 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts GILAS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILAS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 37) | 32 | 37 | 26 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Words With Friends*: SIGLA, AGS, GIS, LIAS, SIG and GI, 6 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GILAS, GILA, LIGS, LIG and SAI, 5 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of GILAS plus a single extra one.