Unscramble GRITS to get 32 words. GRITS itself is a real word: 6 points on a Scrabble board, 7 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 6 points: GIRTS, GRIST, STRIG and TRIGS. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from GRITS by length: 5 with 5 letters, 10 with 4, 11 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Keep every letter of GRITS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with GR · ending in TS · all 5-letter words
The meaning of GRITS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GRITS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRITS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 32) | 25 | 32 | 22 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STRIG, GRIS, TIGS, RITS, TIG, RIT and ST, 7 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GIS, SIG and GI, 3 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of GRITS spell the words below.