123 words come out when you unscramble GRIPPERS, starting with GRIPPERS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are GIPPERS, GRIPPER and GRIPPES, 12 points each. 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.
Counting the words from GRIPPERS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 12 with 6, 26 with 5, 38 with 4, 33 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Of the 26 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GRIPPERS, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. PIPES, PIPER and GRIPS are the ones most people know.
7 of 38 4-letter words from GRIPPERS tie at 8 points; none scores more. RISE, PIPE and RIPE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of GRIPPERS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with GR · ending in RS · all 8-letter words
What GRIPPERS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GRIPPERS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIPPERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 123) | 103 | 123 | 97 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEPSI, RIPPS, PRISER, RIPERS, RIPP, EPRIS, GIRRS, GRISE, PIRS, PISE, RISP, SPIE and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERPS, PERP, GIS, GRR, SIG and GI, 6 in all.