Unscramble GRITTIEST and you have 136 words, GRITTIEST itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is GRITTEST, 9 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
G23R1I1T1T1I1E1S1T1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GRITTIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 9 with 6, 28 with 5, 51 with 4, 31 with 3 and 11 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with GRITTIEST letters: GRITTEST, 9 points.
11 of 28 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GRITTIEST tie at 6 points; none scores more. TIGER, TRIES and TIRES will look familiar.
Of the 51 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GRITTIEST, 20 score 5 points, the group's best. SITE, TEST and REST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GRITTIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GR · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
GRITTIEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GRITTIEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRITTIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 136) | 104 | 135 | 92 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GRITTEST, GEIST, GEITS, GRISE, STRIG, TIGES, TRITES, GEIT, GERS, GERT, GRIS, REIST and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GITES, TETRIS, GITE, RESIT, TETRI, GIS, SIG, TRES, EST, GI, TES and TE, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 2 words take every letter of GRITTIEST plus a single extra one.