Hidden inside guanabara is one standout: guarana, a seven-letter play worth 8 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. Short on board space? brung matches that same 8-point score in Scrabble while spending only five letters — the efficient pick when the long play won't fit. In all, 72 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
guarana and brung tie for the highest Scrabble score from guanabara at 8 points. The top 10 of 72 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling guanabara produces exactly one seven-letter word: guarana. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling guanabara produces exactly one six-letter word: aruana. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 7 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in guanabara. If a familiar word is all you need, start with urban. For points, the strongest play is brung — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in guanabara produces 26 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bang, barn and brag. For points, 7 words tie at 7 points, including bang, brag and grab.
Unscrambling guanabara turns up 28 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bag, ban and bar. For points, the strongest plays are bag, bug, and gab — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are guarana and brung, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from guanabara earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in guanabara produce 72 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 7 five-letter words, 26 four-letter words, 28 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.