14 words come out when you unscramble KIPS, starting with KIPS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: SKIP and SPIK. The strongest shorter word is KIP, 9 points. 4 letters: 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from KIPS by length: 3 with 4 letters, 7 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of KIPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with KI · ending in PS · all 4-letter words
KIPS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. KIPS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 14) | 12 | 13 | 11 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
2 of the 14 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KIS and KI. 1 of the 14 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: SPIK. 1 of the 14 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIK.
These 12 words take every letter of KIPS plus a single extra one.