198 words come out when you unscramble OCCUPATED, starting with OCCUPATED itself: 16 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. OCCUPATE is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OCCUPATED by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 14 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
ACCEPT scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OCCUPATED at 12 points, ahead of COUPED and DECOCT on 11. UPDATE, COATED and CAPOTE are the ones most people know.
4 of 37 5-letter words from OCCUPATED tie at 10 points; none scores more. ADOPT, ACUTE and DEPOT will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OCCUPATED, the top score is 8, reached by 12. DATE, CODE and TAPE are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 3-letter words from OCCUPATED tie at 7 points; none scores more. TOP, ACT and PUT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OCCUPATED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OC · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OUTPACED (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OCCUPATED is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPATED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 198) | 162 | 198 | 152 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: OCCUPATED, OCCUPATE, PEACOD, DOUCET, TAPUED, APODE, APTED, CAUP, ECCO, EUPAD, OUPED, PACO and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: CAPOT, DEP, APO, ECO, OPA, TEC, ODA, PO, DA and TE.