Unscramble GUBERNATIONS and you have 480 words, GUBERNATIONS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. GUBERNATION is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from GUBERNATIONS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 11 with 10, 58 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 48 with 2.
Among the 11-letter words made with GUBERNATIONS letters, GUBERNATION leads with 14 points, then EBURNATIONS on 13.
Of the 11 10-letter words in GUBERNATIONS, 4 score 13 points, the group's best.
18 of 58 9-letter words from GUBERNATIONS tie at 12 points; none scores more. SIGNATURE, REASONING and NANOTUBES will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble GUBERNATIONS, 47 score 11 points, the group's best. BEARINGS, BURSTING and BARITONE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words from GUBERNATIONS scores 10. BURNING, BEARING and BOATING are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 6-letter words in GUBERNATIONS score 9 points. BEGINS, BRINGS and BORING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words made with GUBERNATIONS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 49. ABOUT, BEING and BRING are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GUBERNATIONS, 26 score 7 points, the group's best. BEST, BASE and BEAR are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from GUBERNATIONS; 9 of them share the top score of 6. BUT, BIG and AGE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of GUBERNATIONS for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with GU · ending in NS · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BINTURONGS (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GUBERNATIONS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUBERNATIONS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 480) | 360 | 480 | 325 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GUBERNATIONS, GUBERNATION, BANTERINGS, EBURNATIONS, SUBRENTING, UNSOBERING, ABORIGENS, BESORTING, BURGANETS, EBURNATION, OBSIGNATE, SURBATING and 108 more, 120 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BINTURONGS, BATONNIERS, BINTURONG, BOURGIEST, BROASTING, ANTIBUSER, BATONNIER, BONUSING, BOUGIEST, BOURGIES, NANOTUBES, REBASING and 23 more, 35 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of GUBERNATIONS and one more.