Unscramble ALPS and you have 19 words, ALPS itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 6 points: LAPS, PALS, SALP and SLAP. The best shorter words score 5: 7 of them, SPA, ASP and PAL included. 4 letters: 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ALPS by length: 5 with 4 letters, 10 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of ALPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with AL · ending in PS · all 4-letter words
What ALPS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ALPS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 19) | 19 | 19 | 19 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
All 19 answers work in every game checked.
These 12 words take every letter of ALPS plus a single extra one.