Unscramble OUTPLAYS to get 226 words. OUTPLAYS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1U12T1P34L12A1Y43S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from OUTPLAYS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among 60 5-letter words from OUTPLAYS, the top score is 10, reached by 24. PLAYS, AUTOS and PLOTS are the familiar ones.
18 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OUTPLAYS tie at 9 points; none scores more. POST, PLAY and PAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from OUTPLAYS, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. TOP, SAY and PAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OUTPLAYS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OU · ending in YS · all 8-letter words
What OUTPLAYS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
OUTPLAYS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUTPLAYS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 167 | 226 | 150 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPOUTY, UPLAYS, UPSTAY, YPLAST, PYATS, PYOTS, SLOPY, SPYAL, UPLAY, PULY, PUYS, PYAT and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OUTSAY, PLUOTS, PULAOS, OATY, PLUOT, PULAO, PULAS, YOUS, APOS, OPAS, YAS, APO and 5 more, 17 in all.
This word takes every letter of OUTPLAYS plus a single extra one.