Unscramble PAPPADUM and you have 42 words, PAPPADUM itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. PAPADUM is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
P34A1P34P34A1D2U12M34
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PAPPADUM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 5, 9 with 4, 19 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in PAPPADUM: PAPADUM, for 14 points.
Trade one tile of PAPPADUM for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with PA · ending in UM · all 8-letter words
The meaning of PAPPADUM, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PAPPADUM, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPPADUM itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 42) | 38 | 42 | 32 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
6 of the 42 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PAPPADUM, PAPADUM, APP, DUM, PAUA and DA. 4 of the 42 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PADMA, MAPAU, MAA and AUA.
With one more tile, the letters of PAPPADUM spell the words below.