175 words come out when you unscramble NAUPLIUS, starting with NAUPLIUS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
N12A1U12P34L12I1U12S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from NAUPLIUS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Among 39 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NAUPLIUS, the top score is 7, reached by 27. PLANS, PLAIN and USUAL are the familiar ones.
38 of 60 4-letter words from NAUPLIUS tie at 6 points; none scores more. PLAN, PLUS and PAIN will look familiar.
Of the 49 3-letter words from NAUPLIUS, 23 score 5 points, the group's best. SUN, SPA and UPS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NAUPLIUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with NA · ending in US · all 8-letter words
What NAUPLIUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NAUPLIUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAUPLIUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 153 | 175 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: PAULS, PULUS, SPAIN, SPAUL, SPIAL, SPINA, INULAS, PAIS, PAUL, PILA, PULU, INULA and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: LIPAS, PALIS, PULAS, INSULA, LIPA, PALI, LIAS, LUNS, LUN, SAN and UNI.