Unscramble CIPPUS and you have 26 words, CIPPUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 8 points, PICS, CUPS and PUPS among them. 6 letters: 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CIPPUS by length: 1 with 6 letters, 6 with 4, 14 with 3 and 5 with 2. None has 5 letters.
Keep every letter of CIPPUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with CI · ending in US · all 6-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CUPS, CUSP, PICS, PIPS, PUPS and SCUP (8 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts CIPPUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIPPUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 26) | 24 | 26 | 24 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: CIPPUS and SUI.
This word takes every letter of CIPPUS plus a single extra one.