34 words come out when you unscramble CALPS, starting with CALPS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: CLAPS, CLASP and SCALP. The best shorter words score 8: 4 of them, CAPS, CLAP and PACS included. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CALPS by length: 4 with 5 letters, 11 with 4, 15 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Trade one tile of CALPS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with CA · ending in PS · all 5-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CLAPS, CLASP and SCALP (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CALPS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALPS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 34) | 32 | 34 | 30 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CALPS and CALP, 2 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CALS and CAL, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CALPS and one more.