255 words come out when you unscramble UNGENTLEST, starting with UNGENTLEST itself: 11 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
U12N12G23E1N12T1L12E1S1T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from UNGENTLEST by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 18 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 9 letters.
18 of 43 6-letter words you get when you unscramble UNGENTLEST tie at 7 points; none scores more. TUNNEL, GENTLE and SETTLE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from UNGENTLEST; 32 of them share the top score of 6. TEENS, GUEST and STEEL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in UNGENTLEST, 36 score 5 points, the group's best. GETS, GENE and LENS are the ones most people know.
Among 54 3-letter words made with UNGENTLEST letters, the top score is 4, reached by 20. USE, SEE and GET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of UNGENTLEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with UN · ending in ST · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GENTLEST, TUNGSTEN and UNGENTLE (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
UNGENTLEST is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNGENTLEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 205 | 255 | 182 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: UNGENTLEST, GENNELS, GENNETS, GUESTEN, LENGEST, GENNEL, GENNET, GLENTS, GULETS, UNGETS, UNTENTS, ETTLES and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: GLUTES, TELNETS, TENGES, GLUTE, TEGUS, TELNET, TENGE, TENNES, NEGS, NENES, NUGS, STENT and 11 more.