Unscramble GILSONITE and you have 311 words, GILSONITE itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GILSONITE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 41 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
41 7-letter words made with GILSONITE letters; 28 of them share the top score of 8. LISTING, LONGEST and LEGIONS are everyday picks.
47 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GILSONITE tie at 7 points; none scores more. SINGLE, LOSING and LEGION will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from GILSONITE, 46 score 6 points, the group's best. INLET, STING and SLING are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GILSONITE; 53 of them share the top score of 5. LONG, SIGN and SONG are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from GILSONITE, 27 score 4 points, the group's best. NOT, ONE and GET are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of GILSONITE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with GI · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LIGNITES and LINGIEST (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GILSONITE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILSONITE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 311) | 226 | 311 | 206 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 85 of them: GILSONITE, TOILINGS, ELOGIST, ETIOLINS, LESTING, LIGNOSE, LINGOTS, NOILIEST, OLIGIST, SEILING, STILING, TOLINGS and 73 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: SNIGLET, LINGOS, LOGINS, ONLIEST, STINGE, GITES, GOEST, INTELS, LOGIN, GITE, INTEL, NEGS and 8 more.
These 6 words take every letter of GILSONITE plus a single extra one.