Unscramble NEWSPAPER to get 245 words. NEWSPAPER itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
N12E1W4S1P34A1P34E1R1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from NEWSPAPER by length: 1 with 9 letters, 13 with 7, 34 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
WAPPER tops the 6-letter words made with NEWSPAPER letters at 13 points; next come ENWRAP and PAWERS on 11. ANSWER and PAPERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from NEWSPAPER, 9 score 10 points, the group's best. PAPER, NEWER and RENEW are the ones most people know.
12 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NEWSPAPER tie at 9 points; none scores more. NEWS, WERE and WEAR will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in NEWSPAPER, the top score is 8, reached by 4. ARE, NEW and WAS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of NEWSPAPER for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SWAPPER (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NEWSPAPER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWSPAPER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 202 | 245 | 189 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: WAPPERS, WAPPER, PARPENS, PARSNEP, PARPEN, RAPPES, SPREW, AWNERS, PAPES, PARPS, RAPPE, SPAW and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: PANEERS, PERPS, PWNS, APPS, PANEER, PARENS, PERP, PWN, APP, PAREN, ARENES, EEW and 1 more.
With one more tile, the letters of NEWSPAPER spell the words below.