Unscramble APPLAUDED and you have 139 words, APPLAUDED itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from APPLAUDED split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 15 with 6, 25 with 5, 42 with 4, 40 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
UPPED tops the 5-letter words from APPLAUDED at 10 points; next come APPAL and APPEL on 9. APPLE, PEDAL and PLEAD will look familiar.
Among 42 4-letter words you get when you unscramble APPLAUDED, the top score is 8, reached by 6. LEAD, DEAL and DEAD are the familiar ones.
Of the 40 3-letter words you get when you unscramble APPLAUDED, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. ADD, DUE and LED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of APPLAUDED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AP · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
APPLAUDED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept APPLAUDED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLAUDED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 112 | 139 | 105 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
27 of the 139 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UPLEAD, EUPAD, PAPE, PLAP, UPLED, DALED, ALAP, ALDEA, DAUD, DUED, PAAL, PAUL and 15 more. 7 of the 139 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PALPED, APP, PELAU, DEP, PAUA, LUD and DA.