Unscramble GILTCUP and you have 61 words, GILTCUP itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of GILTCUP in one turn: 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50), 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GILTCUP by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 7 with 5, 15 with 4, 28 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words in GILTCUP: GILCUP, for 11 points.
Keep every letter of GILTCUP but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with GI · ending in UP · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CLIPT and PICUL (9 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: GILTCUP is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILTCUP itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 61) | 47 | 60 | 43 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 13 of them: GILTCUP, GILCUP, PUGIL, CUIT, GUP, CIT, GLIT, PLU, LIG, LUIT, TIG, GU and 1 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: CIG, CLIT, PTUI and GI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: UGLI.
This word takes every letter of GILTCUP plus a single extra one.