64 words come out when you unscramble GUMNUTS, starting with GUMNUTS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. GUMNUT and UNGUMS are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. GUMNUTS as a single 7-tile play makes 60 in Scrabble, 10 plus the 50 bonus, and 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from GUMNUTS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 4 with 5, 24 with 4, 24 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of GUMNUTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with GU · ending in TS · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MUNGS (8 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts GUMNUTS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUMNUTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 64) | 50 | 64 | 43 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
14 of the 64 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GUMNUTS, GUMNUT, UNGUMS, UNGUM, UMUS, UMU, GUS, SUG, UGS, UTUS, GU, UG and 2 more. 7 of the 64 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MUNGS, MUNG, TUMS, NUGS, TUM, UMS and NUG.