Unscramble GINGEROUS to get 297 words. GINGEROUS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from GINGEROUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Of the 29 7-letter words in GINGEROUS, 17 score 9 points, the group's best. REGIONS, SURGEON and IGNORES are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from GINGEROUS; 17 of them share the top score of 8. REGION, IGNORE and SINGER are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GINGEROUS, the top score is 7, reached by 16. GOING, RINGS and ROUGE are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words from GINGEROUS tie at 6 points; none scores more. SIGN, RING and GOES will look familiar.
The 3-letter words in GINGEROUS are led by EGG, GIG and IGG, 5 points each. ONE, GUN and ION are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of GINGEROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GI · ending in US · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GROUSING and ROGUEING (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts GINGEROUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GINGEROUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 297) | 215 | 295 | 198 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
80 of the 297 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GINGEROUS, GORINGS, GRUEING, SEGUGIO, GINGES, GRUING, OGGINS, REGGOS, RUEINGS, SIGNEUR, ERGONS, GINGE and 68 more. 19 of the 297 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GUNGIER, SNOGGER, URGINGS, GUNGES, GUNGE, RUEING, IGGS, IGG, NEGS, NUGS, ORGS, GIS and 7 more. 2 of the 297 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: GRINGOS and GRINGO.
With one more tile, the letters of GINGEROUS spell the words below.