Unscramble GRESSORIOUS and you have 295 words, GRESSORIOUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 9, among them RIGOROUS, GRISEOUS and GROSSERS. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GRESSORIOUS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 32 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 10 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in GRESSORIOUS: SORORISES, 9 points.
Of the 32 7-letter words from GRESSORIOUS, 18 score 8 points, the group's best. SERIOUS and ISSUERS are the ones most people know.
59 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GRESSORIOUS; 34 of them share the top score of 7. ISSUES, ISSUER and GROUSE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with GRESSORIOUS letters, 36 score 6 points, the group's best. ISSUE, GUESS and GROSS are the ones most people know.
35 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GRESSORIOUS tie at 5 points; none scores more. GOES, ROSE and RISE will look familiar.
Of the 58 3-letter words from GRESSORIOUS, 24 score 4 points, the group's best. USE, SIR and RUG are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GRESSORIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with GR · ending in US · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GRISEOUS, GROSSERS, GROUSERS and RIGOROUS (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: GRESSORIOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRESSORIOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 295) | 193 | 295 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
102 of the 295 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GRESSORIOUS, SORORISES, GOORIES, GOOSIES, GROSERS, GUISERS, ROGUERS, ROGUIER, SOOGIES, SORORISE, SURGIER, GOORIE and 90 more. 16 of the 295 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: REORGS, SOUSERS, REORG, SOUSER, ORGS, SIGS, GIS, GOS, GRR, ORG, ROOS, SIG and 4 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of GRESSORIOUS and one more.