306 words come out when you unscramble GUIDELINES, starting with GUIDELINES itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from GUIDELINES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 7 with 8, 36 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
36 7-letter words from GUIDELINES; 24 of them share the top score of 9. LEGENDS, SLIDING and SINGLED are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GUIDELINES, the top score is 8, reached by 38. DESIGN, INSIDE and GUIDES are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GUIDELINES; 23 of them share the top score of 7. GUIDE, GENES and GUILD are everyday picks.
17 of 60 4-letter words from GUIDELINES tie at 6 points; none scores more. EDGE, GENE and ENDS will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in GUIDELINES, the top score is 5, reached by 5. END, DUE and LED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of GUIDELINES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with GU · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DIESELING and EUGLENIDS (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. GUIDELINES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUIDELINES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 306) | 237 | 306 | 223 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
69 of the 306 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EILDINGS, EILDING, ELDINGS, GUNDIES, LEGSIDE, SDEIGNE, UNEDGES, UNGILDS, DEEING, ELDING, GILDEN, INISLED and 57 more. 14 of the 306 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EUGLENIDS, DUELINGS, EUGLENID, EELINGS, EELING, DENI, DESI, EDS, GIS, LUD, NEG, NUG and 2 more.