Unscramble GROTTOES and you have 172 words, GROTTOES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
G23R1O1T1T1O1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GROTTOES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 12 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Of the 43 5-letter words from GROTTOES, 15 score 6 points, the group's best. STORE, ROOTS and GOOSE are the ones most people know.
24 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GROTTOES tie at 5 points; none scores more. TEST, SORT and REST will look familiar.
Trade one tile of GROTTOES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with GR · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What GROTTOES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
GROTTOES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROTTOES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 138 | 172 | 126 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
34 of the 172 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GOSTER, GROSET, STORGE, ERGOS, GOORS, REGOS, SOGER, TOGES, ESTRO, GEOS, GERS, GERT and 22 more. 12 of the 172 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GOEST, TROGS, ORGS, TROG, GOS, ORG, ROOS, STOT, EST, ROO, TES and TE.