Unscramble WOOLGATHER and you have 270 words, WOOLGATHER itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are WARTHOG and THALWEG, 14 points each. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from WOOLGATHER split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble WOOLGATHER, GROWTH leads with 13 points, then AWHETO and HOWLER on 12. WEALTH, GATHER and GALORE are the familiar ones.
22 of 60 5-letter words from WOOLGATHER tie at 11 points; none scores more. OTHER, HOTEL and HEART will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in WOOLGATHER, the top score is 10, reached by 10. HEAR, HEAT and GROW are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with WOOLGATHER letters, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. WHO, TWO and LAW are the ones most people know.
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by THALWEG and WARTHOG (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
WOOLGATHER is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOLGATHER itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 270) | 223 | 268 | 209 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AWHETO, THOWEL, THROWE, WROATH, HOWRE, REWTH, THEOW, THOWL, WHARE, WHEAR, WHOOT, HAGLET and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: THALWEG, HOGLET, GOETH, ARGH, GOTH, HOLO, TOERAG, HOO, LAH, OWT, ROOTLE, EW and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: WOOLGATHER. Not in Scrabble UK: HAOLE.
This word takes every letter of WOOLGATHER plus a single extra one.