Unscramble GILTCUPS and you have 162 words, GILTCUPS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GILCUPS and GILTCUP lead with 12 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GILTCUPS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 32 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 13 with 2.
4 of 32 5-letter words from GILTCUPS tie at 9 points; none scores more. CLIPS, SPLIT and PLUGS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GILTCUPS, the top score is 8, reached by 5. LIST, TIPS and PLUS are the familiar ones.
CUP and PIC are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble GILTCUPS, 7 points each. ITS, PUT and CUT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of GILTCUPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GI · ending in PS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PICULS and SCULPT (10 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GILTCUPS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILTCUPS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 162) | 127 | 160 | 117 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GILTCUPS, GILCUPS, GILTCUP, GILCUP, PUGILS, PUGIL, CUITS, GUPS, SCUG, SPUG, CITS, CUIT and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CIGS, CLITS, CIG, CLIT, PTUI, PST, TULSI, GIS, SIG and GI, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS and UGLI, 2 in all.
This word takes every letter of GILTCUPS plus a single extra one.