Unscramble LUPINES and you have 153 words, LUPINES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: LINEUPS, SPINULE and UNPILES. 11 shorter words score 8, among them LINEUP, SPLINE and LUPINE. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of LUPINES in one turn: 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50), 48 in Words With Friends (13 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LUPINES split into 4 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 29 with 5, 51 with 4, 43 with 3 and 14 with 2.
20 of 29 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LUPINES tie at 7 points; none scores more. LINES, PULSE and SPINE will look familiar.
51 4-letter words from LUPINES; 30 of them share the top score of 6. LINE, PLUS and LENS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LUPINES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with LU · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
LUPINES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LUPINES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUPINES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 153) | 124 | 153 | 119 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
29 of the 153 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPULIS, LIPES, PLUES, PUSLE, SPULE, LEPS, NEPS, PELS, PENI, PISE, PLUE, SPIE and 17 more. 5 of the 153 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIPE, LUNS, UNIS, LUN and UNI.
These 7 words take every letter of LUPINES plus a single extra one.