220 words come out when you unscramble SUNGAZER, starting with SUNGAZER itself: 18 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. GAUZES, GAZERS and GRAZES are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SUNGAZER by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUNGAZER, 4 score 15 points, the group's best. RANGE, USAGE and SUGAR are the ones most people know.
GAZE and ZAGS are the top 4-letter words from SUNGAZER, 14 points each. GEAR, AGES and GUNS will look familiar.
ZAG scores highest among the 3-letter words from SUNGAZER at 13 points, ahead of REZ and SAZ on 12. ARE, AGE and RUN are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SUNGAZER for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SU · ending in ER · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GAUZES, GAZERS and GRAZES (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SUNGAZER, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNGAZER itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 220) | 160 | 220 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SUNGAZER, AZURN, NAZES, SENZA, NAZE, ZEAS, SAZ, ZEA, ZE, RAUNGES, UNGEARS, RAUNGE and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ZENS, REZ, SEZ, ZAS, ZEN, ZA, GEANS, RANGS, AREG, GEAN, NEGS, NUGS and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SUNGAZER and one more.