Unscramble GRINCHES and you have 221 words, GRINCHES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from GRINCHES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 33 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 14 with 2.
4 of 33 6-letter words made with GRINCHES letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. INCHES, SINGER and SHRINE will look familiar.
CHING and GINCH share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GRINCHES. RINGS, SHINE and RESIN are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from GRINCHES; 8 of them share the top score of 9. SIGN, NICE and RING are everyday picks.
Of the 52 3-letter words you get when you unscramble GRINCHES, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. ICE, SEC and SIR are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of GRINCHES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with GR · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What GRINCHES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GRINCHES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRINCHES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 221) | 167 | 221 | 152 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
54 of the 221 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHIGRES, SCREIGH, CHIGRE, NICHERS, NICHER, ICHES, CHER, EHING, GRICES, HINGS, RHINES, SECH and 42 more. 15 of the 221 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GINCHES, CHINGS, INCHERS, CHING, CHINSE, GINCH, INCHER, CIGS, SHEN, CIG, NEGS, GIS and 3 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of GRINCHES and one more.