270 words come out when you unscramble GRUBSTAKE, starting with GRUBSTAKE itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 9 of them, BASKET, BREAKS and BRAKES included. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from GRUBSTAKE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
BARGUEST is the only one of the 8-letter words made with GRUBSTAKE letters; it scores 11 points.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GRUBSTAKE, 9 score 12 points, the group's best. BASKET, BREAST and BREAKS are the ones most people know.
18 of 60 5-letter words from GRUBSTAKE tie at 11 points; none scores more. TAKES, BREAK and ABUSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GRUBSTAKE, 15 score 10 points, the group's best. TAKE, TASK and BAGS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from GRUBSTAKE, KAB and KEB tie for first at 9 points. BUT, GET and AGE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of GRUBSTAKE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GR · ending in KE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BAKERS, BASKET, BRAKES, BREAKS, BURKAS, BURKES, BUSKER and KEBARS (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GRUBSTAKE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRUBSTAKE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 270) | 199 | 270 | 182 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 71 of them: BUSKET, BAUKS, BRAKS, BUKES, KRABS, BARGEST, BAUK, BRAK, BUKE, KEBS, KRAB, TASKER and 59 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: BURKAS, BERKS, BURKA, BURKS, BERK, BURK, STAKER, KETAS, RAKUS, KETA, RAKU, GATERS and 5 more.
These 4 words take every letter of GRUBSTAKE plus a single extra one.