Unscramble GIMMICKS and you have 35 words, GIMMICKS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GIMMICK leads with 18 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 GIMMICKS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 1 with 6, 2 with 5, 9 with 4, 15 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in GIMMICKS: GIMMICK, for 18 points.
MIMICS is the only one of the 6-letter words made with GIMMICKS letters; it scores 12 points.
These 3 words have the length of GIMMICKS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with GI · ending in KS · all 8-letter words
What GIMMICKS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. GIMMICKS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIMMICKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 35) | 30 | 33 | 22 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
10 of the 35 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ICKS, MICS, CIGS, KIS, MIC, CIG, KI, GIS, SIG and GI. 3 of the 35 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GISM, SIK and SIMI. 2 of the 35 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: MICKS and MICK.