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Unscramble SHOTGUN: 126 words from the letters S H O T G U N

SHOTGUN is an anagram of GUNSHOT, NOUGHTS and HOGNUTS. The letters make 126 words in total, 99 of them common.

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7-letter words using every letter (4)

Shorter words from SHOTGUN

6-letter words (7)

5-letter words (20)

  • ought9 points
  • south8 points
  • ghost9 points
  • tough9 points
  • hunts8 points
  • shout8 points
  • thous8 points
  • thong9 points
  • thugs9 points
  • shunt8 points
  • stung6 points
  • tongs6 points
  • snout5 points
  • gusto6 points
  • sough9 points
  • tonus5 points
  • hongs9 points
  • gouts6 points
  • tungs6 points
  • ungot6 points

4-letter words (49)

  • hung8 points
  • host7 points
  • hunt7 points
  • shut7 points
  • thus7 points
  • shot7 points
  • thou7 points
  • guns5 points
  • guts5 points
  • song5 points
  • sung5 points
  • nuts4 points
  • onus4 points
  • stun4 points
  • tons4 points
  • unto4 points
  • gosh8 points
  • gush8 points
  • hogs8 points
  • hugs8 points
  • thug8 points
  • huts7 points
  • shun7 points
  • gnus5 points
  • gout5 points
  • gust5 points
  • snug5 points
  • tong5 points
  • tugs5 points
  • oust4 points
  • outs4 points
  • snot4 points
  • tush7 points
  • togs5 points
  • nosh7 points
  • nous4 points
  • tuns4 points
  • hots7 points
  • tosh7 points
  • snog5 points
  • hons7 points
  • hong8 points
  • nogs5 points
  • shog8 points
  • sugh8 points
  • ughs8 points
  • huns7 points
  • soth7 points
  • tung5 points

3-letter words (32)

  • hot6 points
  • got4 points
  • gun4 points
  • not3 points
  • out3 points
  • son3 points
  • sun3 points
  • hog7 points
  • ugh7 points
  • hut6 points
  • gut4 points
  • nut3 points
  • ton3 points
  • hug7 points
  • ohs6 points
  • gnu4 points
  • tug4 points
  • tog4 points
  • nth6 points
  • tho6 points
  • sot3 points
  • tun3 points
  • sou3 points
  • nus3 points
  • hun6 points
  • nog4 points
  • uts3 points
  • hon6 points
  • noh6 points
  • nos3 points
  • ons3 points
  • uns3 points

2-letter words (14)

  • oh5 points
  • go3 points
  • no2 points
  • on2 points
  • so2 points
  • to2 points
  • us2 points
  • ho5 points
  • sh5 points
  • uh5 points
  • nu2 points
  • ut2 points
  • os2 points
  • un2 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 126
  • By usage: 77 very common, 22 common, 27 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. gunshot 11
  2. hognuts 11
  3. noughts 11
  4. shotgun 11
  5. hognut 10
  6. nought 10
  7. oughts 10
  8. shogun 10
  9. sought 10
  10. thongs 10

Most common

  1. sought
  2. ought
  3. hung
  4. south
  5. host
  6. hunt
  7. shut
  8. thus
  9. hot
  10. oh

Definitions

shotgun (noun)
Firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges.
gunshot (noun)
The act of shooting a gun.

From the six or seven tiles of SHOTGUN you can form 126 words. This page is the complete answer, computed against our full dictionary rather than a hand-picked selection: every exact anagram, every shorter word, and the score for each. Words such as SOUGHT and OUGHT are the familiar ones; further down are rarer entries that are still valid in most games. Definitions for the most useful words follow the list.

How to use this page

The list is exhaustive for these letters. If your rack differs by one tile, edit the letters in the box above rather than scanning for near matches.

Tips

The mix of vowels and consonants in SHOTGUN is what makes it a productive rack. When your own rack has too many vowels or too many consonants, the list of possible words collapses. A good habit is to play the word that leaves the best leftover tiles, not necessarily the highest score this turn. Keeping one or two vowels, an S, and a blank on the rack sets up a stronger play next time, and over a whole game that adds up to more than any single big word.

Questions

Is SHOTGUN an anagram of another word?

Yes. SHOTGUN is an anagram of GUNSHOT, NOUGHTS and HOGNUTS. The exact-length anagrams are listed first on this page.

What if my rack has a blank?

Add a question mark to the letters in the search box. The tool treats it as any letter and underlines the letter each blank stands in for. You can add up to three blanks.