Unscramble VANGUARDS and you have 222 words, VANGUARDS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from VANGUARDS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 14 with 2.
VANGUARD is the only one of the 8-letter words made with VANGUARDS letters; it scores 13 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble VANGUARDS, AVRUGA, GUAVAS and VANDAS tie for first at 10 points. GUARDS is an everyday pick.
Of the 60 5-letter words from VANGUARDS, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. GRAND, DRUGS and SUGAR are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble VANGUARDS; 5 of them share the top score of 8. DRUG, GUNS and DRAG are everyday picks.
GUV, VAG and VUG share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words from VANGUARDS. SUN, RUN and GAS are the ones most people know.
These 5 words have the length of VANGUARDS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with VA · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of VANGUARDS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VANGUARDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 150 | 222 | 133 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVRUGAS, AVRUGA, ARGANDS, DURGANS, GARUDAS, GRAVS, VARANS, ARGAND, DARGAS, DURGAN, GARUDA, GRAV and 60 more, 72 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DURAGS, DURAG, GARDA, NAVS, NAGAS, NAV, RANGS, ANURA, DANS, NAGA, NUGS, AGS and 5 more, 17 in all.