Hidden inside gurtees is one standout: gesture, a seven-letter play worth 8 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 100 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
GURTEES isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to GESTURE (verb), to express by bodily motion, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
gesture is the highest-scoring word from gurtees, worth 8 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 100 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling gurtees produces exactly one seven-letter word: gesture. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
There are 27 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in gurtees. If a familiar word is all you need, start with greet, guest and steer. For points, 16 words tie at 6 points, including greet, guest and urges.
Rearranging the letters in gurtees produces 36 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gets, guts and rest. For points, 16 words tie at 5 points, including gets, guts and rugs.
Unscrambling gurtees turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with gee, get and gut. For points, 9 words tie at 4 points, including gee, get and gut.
4 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in gurtees plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in gurtees and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is gesture, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and no other word from gurtees 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 gurtees produce 100 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 3 six-letter words, 27 five-letter words, 36 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 7 two-letter words.