103 words come out when you unscramble PAPADUMS, starting with PAPADUMS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PAPADUM leads with 14 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PAPADUMS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 6, 13 with 5, 35 with 4, 39 with 3 and 11 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with PAPADUMS letters: PAPADUM, 14 points.
Among the 4-letter words from PAPADUMS, PUMP leads with 10 points, then DAMP and DUMP on 9. MAPS, PADS and AMPS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PAPADUMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PA · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
PAPADUMS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PAPADUMS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPADUMS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 103) | 88 | 103 | 76 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 15 of them: PADMAS, MAPAUS, PADMA, MAPAU, ADSUM, MAAS, MASU, SAMA, MAA, SAM, SMA, AUAS and 3 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: PAPADUMS, PAPADUM, APPS, SPAM, APP, PAUAS, DUM, MASA, PAUA, UMS, DAS and DA.
This word takes every letter of PAPADUMS plus a single extra one.