Unscramble GINGIVITIS to get 60 words. GINGIVITIS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
G23I1N12G23I1V45I1T1I1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GINGIVITIS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 6 with 5, 21 with 4, 19 with 3 and 7 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in GINGIVITIS: VISITING, 12 points.
Keep every letter of GINGIVITIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with GI · ending in IS · all 10-letter words
What GINGIVITIS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. GINGIVITIS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GINGIVITIS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 60) | 46 | 60 | 39 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
14 of the 60 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GIVINGS, STIVING, VINTS, GINGS, VINT, GING, INGS, SNIG, TIGS, ING, ISIT, TIG and 2 more. 7 of the 60 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VINS, IGGS, VIN, IGG, GIS, SIG and GI.