Unscramble GILDSMEN and you have 241 words, GILDSMEN itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 11, among them MINGLED, MELDING and SMIDGEN. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
Looking for meldings? They use the same letters as GILDSMEN, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GILDSMEN split into 1 with 8 letters, 11 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
33 6-letter words in GILDSMEN; 5 of them share the top score of 10. DESIGN, SINGLE and SIGNED are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words from GILDSMEN, MIDGE leads with 9 points, then DEISM and DENIM on 8. MILES, SMILE and MINDS are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GILDSMEN; 16 of them share the top score of 7. MIND, ENDS and MINE are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from GILDSMEN, the top score is 6, reached by 6. END, MEN and LED are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of GILDSMEN, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with GI · ending in EN · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MELDING, MIDLEGS, MINGLED and SMIDGEN (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts GILDSMEN, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILDSMEN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 195 | 241 | 183 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
46 of the 241 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GILDSMEN, MEDLING, MINGED, ELDINGS, LEMING, MINGES, ELDING, GILDEN, MENGS, MINGE, MINGS, SDEIGN and 34 more. 12 of the 241 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MILDS, MEDS, MEGS, MEG, DENI, DESI, MES, EDS, GIS, NEG, SIG and GI.
These 4 words take every letter of GILDSMEN plus a single extra one.