Unscramble INTERGROWTHS and you have 423 words, INTERGROWTHS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. GHOSTWRITER and INTERGROWTH are the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. It has 12 letters, 3 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from INTERGROWTHS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 4 with 10, 22 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
All 2 of the 11-letter words in INTERGROWTHS score 18 points.
Among the 10-letter words made with INTERGROWTHS letters, GHOSTWRITE and GROWTHIEST tie for first at 17 points.
7 of 22 9-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERGROWTHS tie at 16 points; none scores more. NORTHWEST and RESTORING will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words from INTERGROWTHS, 12 score 15 points, the group's best. STRENGTH, THROWING and TOWERING are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 7-letter words made with INTERGROWTHS letters tie at 14 points; none scores more. HOSTING, SHOWING and WEIGHTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERGROWTHS, 8 score 13 points, the group's best. RIGHTS, WEIGHT and GROWTH are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from INTERGROWTHS, WEIGH, WHIGS and WIGHT tie for first at 12 points. WHITE, SHOWN and WORTH are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words in INTERGROWTHS, WHIG leads with 11 points, then HEWN and HEWS on 10. SHOW, WISH and HITS are the familiar ones.
HEW, HOW and WHO are the top 3-letter words made with INTERGROWTHS letters, 9 points each. NEW, NOW and TWO will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INTERGROWTHS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with IN · ending in HS · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GHOSTWRITER (18 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INTERGROWTHS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERGROWTHS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 423) | 344 | 423 | 320 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 79 of them: GROWTHIST, THROWINGS, SHROWING, SOWTHING, WRETHING, HEWINGS, INTERGROWS, TWIGHTS, WHERRITS, WHIRRETS, WHITRETS, WHITSTER and 67 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: SHIRETOWN, WHINGERS, WHORINGS, WHINGER, OTHERINGS, THONGIEST, OTHERING, THONGIER, WHOSIT, HONGIES, ROSTERING, GOETH and 12 more.