Unscramble CHELLUPS to get 129 words. CHELLUPS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CHELLUP and PLEUCHS lead with 14 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CHELLUPS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 31 with 5, 47 with 4, 32 with 3 and 10 with 2.
CHELP and PECHS are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHELLUPS, 12 points each. CELLS, HELPS and SHELL will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from CHELLUPS, PECH leads with 11 points, then CUSH and HELP on 9. SUCH, SELL and CELL are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CHELLUPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CH · ending in PS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; SCHLEP (13 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CHELLUPS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHELLUPS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 93 | 129 | 90 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: CHELLUPS, CHELLUP, PLEUCHS, CHELPS, PLEUCH, CHELP, LEUCH, PLESH, SULPH, CUSH, HESP, HUPS and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: CHUSE, HEPS and UPSELL.