170 words come out when you unscramble GRUBBLES, starting with GRUBBLES itself: 13 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from GRUBBLES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 16 with 6, 40 with 5, 55 with 4, 41 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Among 40 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GRUBBLES, the top score is 9, reached by 6. RULES, BLUES and SURGE are the familiar ones.
Of the 55 4-letter words from GRUBBLES, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. USER, BLUE and SURE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GRUBBLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GR · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BURBLES, LUBBERS, RUBBLES and SLUBBER (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GRUBBLES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRUBBLES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 133 | 170 | 129 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
37 of the 170 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GRUBBLES, GRUBBLE, GEBURS, SLUBB, BRULES, GEBUR, BRULE, BULSE, GUBS, BRUS, GUB, GURLS and 25 more. 4 of the 170 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BURB, RUBELS, RUBEL and BES.