Unscramble SCATTERGUNS to get 368 words. SCATTERGUNS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SCATTERGUNS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 6 with 9, 35 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Among the 10-letter words in SCATTERGUNS, SCATTERGUN leads with 13 points, then TERSANCTUS on 12.
Of the 35 8-letter words from SCATTERGUNS, 4 score 11 points, the group's best.
7 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SCATTERGUNS tie at 10 points; none scores more. CUTTERS, SCATTER and CASTERS will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from SCATTERGUNS, the top score is 9, reached by 7. CENSUS, CAUSES and CUTTER are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words in SCATTERGUNS, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. CASES, CAUSE and GRACE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with SCATTERGUNS letters; 7 of them share the top score of 7. CASE, CARE and CART are everyday picks.
CAG scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SCATTERGUNS at 6 points, ahead of ACE and ACT on 5. ARE, CAN and GET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SCATTERGUNS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with SC · ending in NS · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CUTGRASS, CUTTAGES, RECUSANTS, SCUTAGES, TRANSECTS and TRUNCATES (11 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCATTERGUNS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCATTERGUNS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 368) | 296 | 368 | 280 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: TERSANCTUS, TRACTUSES, TRUCAGES, CRANTSES, CRUSTATE, SCUNGES, SURANCES, TRANECTS, TRUCAGE, UNTRACES, ACTURES, CANTEST and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: CANTUSES, SUNCARES, STRANGES, SUNCARE, CENTAS, GUACS, CENTU, CERTS, GUAC, CERT, TECS, CRU and 6 more. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: CUNTS and CUNT.