Unscramble GUMS to get 16 words. GUMS itself is a real word: 7 points on a Scrabble board, 10 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 7 points: MUGS and SMUG. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from GUMS split into 3 with 4 letters, 8 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of GUMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with GU · ending in MS · all 4-letter words
The meaning of GUMS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. GUMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 16) | 11 | 16 | 10 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GUS, SUG, UGS, GU and UG, 5 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: UMS.
With one more tile, the letters of GUMS spell the words below.