200 words come out when you unscramble GUESTING, starting with GUESTING itself: 10 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of GUESTING is on the page: GUNGIEST, each 10 points. Of the shorter words, NUGGETS, GUSTING and GUTSING lead with 9 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GUESTING split into 2 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 16 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among 45 5-letter words from GUESTING, the top score is 7, reached by 5. USING, UNITS and GUEST are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words made with GUESTING letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. SITE, SIGN and SENT will look familiar.
EGG, GIG and IGG share the top score of 5 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble GUESTING. USE, GET and ITS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GUESTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GU · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
GUESTING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GUESTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUESTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 200) | 159 | 200 | 133 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GUTSING, GINGES, GINGE, GINGS, GUSTIE, UNGETS, GEIST, GEITS, GING, GIUST, GUNG, INTUSE and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GUNGIEST, GUNGES, GUNGE, STINGE, TEGGS, GITES, IGGS, TEGG, TEGUS, GITE, IGG, NEGS and 14 more, 26 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of GUESTING plus a single extra one.