Unscramble OUPS to get 20 words. OUPS itself is a real word: 6 points on a Scrabble board, 8 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 6 points: OPUS and SOUP. The 4 letters split into 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
O1U12P34S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from OUPS by length: 3 with 4 letters, 10 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of OUPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with OU · ending in PS · all 4-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OPUS and SOUP (6 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OUPS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUPS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 20) | 16 | 20 | 14 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OUPS, OUP, OUS and OU, 4 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: POS and PO, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of OUPS spell the words below.