Unscramble GROSGRAIN to get 250 words. GROSGRAIN itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 8 of them, GARRISON, GRINGOS and GARRING included. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GROSGRAIN by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among 40 6-letter words from GROSGRAIN, the top score is 8, reached by 9. ORGANS, GRAINS and RAGING are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GROSGRAIN tie at 7 points; none scores more. GOING, RINGS and AGING will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from GROSGRAIN, 13 score 6 points, the group's best. SIGN, SONG and RING are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in GROSGRAIN, GAG, GIG and IGG tie for first at 5 points. AIR, AGO and GAS are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of GROSGRAIN for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with GR · ending in IN · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GARRING, GARRISON and ROARINGS (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GROSGRAIN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROSGRAIN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 186 | 247 | 166 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GORGIAS, GORINGS, RAGINGS, SIRGANG, AGOING, GORGIA, IGNAROS, OGGINS, AGGRI, AGRINS, ARSING, GINGS and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RAGGS, AGROS, IGGS, RAGG, RANGS, SARGO, SIGNA, AGRO, IGG, ORGS, AGS, GIS and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: GRINGOS and GRINGO, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS.
This word takes every letter of GROSGRAIN plus a single extra one.