Unscramble GRAUNCH and you have 88 words, GRAUNCH itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. CURAGH and GAUNCH are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. GRAUNCH as a single 7-tile play makes 63 in Scrabble, 13 plus the 50 bonus, and 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GRAUNCH split into 1 with 7 letters, 4 with 6, 8 with 5, 32 with 4, 30 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Keep every letter of GRAUNCH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with GR · ending in CH · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CURAGH (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts GRAUNCH, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAUNCH itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 88) | 61 | 88 | 53 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
27 of the 88 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GRAUNCH, GANCH, NAUCH, NURHAG, RUNCH, CHUR, NACH, RACH, ACH, CHA, CANG, CH and 15 more. 8 of the 88 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GAUNCH, GAUCH, GACH, ARGH, AUGH, GUAC, CRU and NUG.
With one more tile, the letters of GRAUNCH spell the words below.