375 words come out when you unscramble VANGUARDISTS, starting with VANGUARDISTS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from VANGUARDISTS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 6 with 9, 40 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 10 letters.
VANGUARDIST is the only one of the 11-letter words in VANGUARDISTS; it scores 16 points.
GRAVIDAS and VANGUARD share the top score of 13 among the 8-letter words from VANGUARDISTS. GUARDIAN, VARIANTS and ASSURING are the ones most people know.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble VANGUARDISTS, GRAVIDA leads with 12 points, then AVRUGAS and NAVAIDS on 11. TRADING, SAVINGS and GUITARS are the familiar ones.
GRAVID and VADING are the top 6-letter words from VANGUARDISTS, 11 points each. DATING, SAVING and GUARDS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in VANGUARDISTS, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. GRAND, DRUGS and VIRUS are the ones most people know.
12 of 60 4-letter words made with VANGUARDISTS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. DRUG, VISA and GRID will look familiar.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble VANGUARDISTS; 6 of them share the top score of 7. GAS, VAN and ADS are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of VANGUARDISTS for another and you can spell this word:
More 12-letter words: starting with VA · ending in TS · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with VANGUARDS (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VANGUARDISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARDISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 375) | 277 | 375 | 252 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STARVINGS, VIRANDAS, AVRUGAS, VADING, VAGITUS, VAUTING, VIRANDA, ADUSTING, ASSARTING, AVAUNTS, AVRUGA, GARDANTS and 86 more, 98 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DUSTINGS, TRADINGS, VANITAS, DATINGS, SARANGIS, VARIAS, AUDISTS, DURAGS, GARDAI, VIDS, AGITAS, DURAG and 13 more, 25 in all.