239 words come out when you unscramble GRAINES, starting with GRAINES itself: 8 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. GRAINES has 9 anagrams here, ANGRIES, EARINGS and ERASING among them, all scoring 8 like GRAINES itself. Among the shorter answers, 28 reach 7 points, SINGER, RANGES and REGINA among them. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of GRAINES at once for 58 in Scrabble (8 + 50) or 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from GRAINES by length: 10 with 7 letters, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
28 of 32 6-letter words in GRAINES tie at 7 points; none scores more. SINGER, RANGES and GRAINS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GRAINES, 38 score 6 points, the group's best. RANGE, RINGS and RAISE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from GRAINES; 48 of them share the top score of 5. SIGN, RING and GEAR are everyday picks.
22 of 60 3-letter words made with GRAINES letters tie at 4 points; none scores more. ARE, AIR and AGE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of GRAINES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with GR · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EARINGS, ERASING, GAINERS, REAGINS, REGAINS, REGINAS, SEARING and SERINGA (8 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: GRAINES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAINES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 239) | 181 | 239 | 165 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
58 of the 239 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANGRIES, GRAINES, AGNISE, AGRINS, AGRISE, ARSING, GRAINE, GREINS, RANGIS, RENGAS, SARING, SERANG and 46 more. 16 of the 239 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GEANS, RANGS, SARNIE, SIGNA, AREG, GEAN, NEGS, REAIS, AGS, ARIE, GIS, NEG and 4 more.
These 12 words take every letter of GRAINES plus a single extra one.