Unscramble GOVERNESS and you have 236 words, GOVERNESS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from GOVERNESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 41 6-letter words in GOVERNESS, the top score is 10, reached by 6. SERVES, SENSOR and GENRES are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 5-letter words from GOVERNESS tie at 9 points; none scores more. NEVER, GREEN and SONGS will look familiar.
GOVS, VEGO and VOGS share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GOVERNESS. OVER, EVEN and EVER are the ones most people know.
GOV, VEG and VOG are the top 3-letter words from GOVERNESS, 7 points each. ONE, SEE and SON will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of GOVERNESS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with GO · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
GOVERNESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GOVERNESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOVERNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 168 | 235 | 157 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 67 of them: VENGERS, GREVES, VENGER, GREVE, VEGOS, EEVNS, ENGORES, EREVS, ERVEN, GOVS, VEGO, EEVN and 55 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: VEGES, VOGS, SEVS, VOG, SEV, ESNES, NEGS, ORGS, GOS, NEG and ORG. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.
Each word below uses all the letters of GOVERNESS and one more.