Unscramble PAPAINS and you have 85 words, PAPAINS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. PAPAINS as a single 7-tile play makes 61 in Scrabble, 11 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PAPAINS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 4 with 6, 14 with 5, 28 with 4, 28 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Keep every letter of PAPAINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with PA · ending in NS · all 7-letter words
PAPAINS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PAPAINS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPAINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 85) | 73 | 85 | 62 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 12 of them: SAPPAN, SAPAN, SPAIN, SPINA, PAIS, AIAS, ISNA, AIA, ANS, NAS, NIS and SAI. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: NAPPAS, NAPPA, PIPAS, APPS, PIPA, APP, NAPAS, PAANS, NAPA, PAAN and SAN.
Each word below uses all the letters of PAPAINS and one more.