Unscramble GREWHOUNDS and you have 321 words, GREWHOUNDS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. GREWHOUND is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from GREWHOUNDS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 9 with 8, 37 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with GREWHOUNDS letters: GREWHOUND, 17 points.
SHROWED tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble GREWHOUNDS at 14 points; next come RESHOWN on 13 and ROUGHED on 12. GROUNDS, SURGEON and WONDERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from GREWHOUNDS, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. ENOUGH, WONDER and SHOWED are the ones most people know.
DHOWS and SHOWD are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GREWHOUNDS, 12 points each. WORDS, SHOWN and OWNED will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from GREWHOUNDS is DHOW, 11 points; HEWN and HEWS on 10 follow. SHOW, DOWN and WORD are everyday picks.
HEW, HOW and WHO are the top 3-letter words in GREWHOUNDS, 9 points each. NEW, NOW and OWN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of GREWHOUNDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with GR · ending in DS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by RESHOWN, SHOWED, SHREWD and WHORED (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GREWHOUNDS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREWHOUNDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 321) | 263 | 321 | 250 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
58 of the 321 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GREWHOUNDS, GREWHOUND, DOWNRUSH, SHROWED, SHROWD, ENROUGHS, HOWRES, SHOWD, WOUNDERS, ENROUGH, GOWDER, HOWRE and 46 more. 13 of the 321 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: UNDERSOW, DEHORS, HUNDOS, HUNDO, DOHS, DOSH, DOH, DUH, HOS, SHO, SOH, EW and 1 more.