Unscramble GUIDONS to get 148 words. GUIDONS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: DOUSING. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of GUIDONS in one turn: 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50), 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GUIDONS by length: 2 with 7 letters, 7 with 6, 17 with 5, 47 with 4, 54 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 47 4-letter words from GUIDONS, 9 score 6 points, the group's best. SIGN, SONG and DOGS are the ones most people know.
5 of 54 3-letter words made with GUIDONS letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. SUN, GOD and DOG will look familiar.
Keep every letter of GUIDONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with GU · ending in NS · all 7-letter words
What GUIDONS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GUIDONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUIDONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 148) | 110 | 148 | 95 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 38 of them: UNGODS, DUING, UNGOD, UNSOD, DOUN, GIOS, GONS, INGO, INGS, NIDS, SIND, SNIG and 26 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: DINGOS, DINOS, UDONS, UNDOS, DINO, NUGS, UDON, GIS, GOS, NUG, SIG, UNIS and 3 more.
These 4 words take every letter of GUIDONS plus a single extra one.