Unscramble GRUFFNESS to get 165 words. GRUFFNESS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. SNUFFERS is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GRUFFNESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 31 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 13 with 2.
SNUFFERS is the only one of the 8-letter words in GRUFFNESS; it scores 14 points.
The 5-letter words from GRUFFNESS are led by GRUFF and GUFFS, 12 points each. USERS, GUESS and NURSE are the familiar ones.
GUFF scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GRUFFNESS at 11 points, ahead of EFFS and NUFF on 10. USER, SURE and RUNS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from GRUFFNESS, EFF leads with 9 points, then FEG and FUG on 7. USE, SUN and RUN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of GRUFFNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GR · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
GRUFFNESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GRUFFNESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRUFFNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 128 | 165 | 118 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
37 of the 165 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GRUFES, FUNGS, GRUFE, FEGS, FUNG, FEG, NEFS, ERF, GRENS, GURNS, NEF, GERS and 25 more. 10 of the 165 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NUFFS, NUFF, ENUF, FES, FE, NEGS, NUGS, NEG, NUG and SUS.
Each word below uses all the letters of GRUFFNESS and one more.