Unscramble GAUPUS to get 36 words. GAUPUS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. The 6 letters split into 3 vowels and 3 consonants.
G23A1U12P34U12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GAUPUS by length: 1 with 6 letters, 1 with 5, 9 with 4, 18 with 3 and 7 with 2.
There is a single one of the 5-letter words in GAUPUS: GAUPS, 8 points.
Keep every letter of GAUPUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with GA · ending in US · all 6-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GAPS, GASP and PUGS (7 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts GAUPUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAUPUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 36) | 22 | 36 | 21 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
14 of the 36 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GAUPUS, GAUPS, GAUP, GUPS, SPAG, SPUG, GUP, GAUS, GAU, GUS, SUG, UGS and 2 more. 1 of the 36 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: AGS.