Unscramble POPGUNS and you have 80 words, POPGUNS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: OPPUGNS. Of the shorter words, OPPUGN and POPGUN lead with 11 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. POPGUNS as a single 7-tile play makes 62 in Scrabble, 12 plus the 50 bonus, and 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POPGUNS split into 2 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 3 with 5, 28 with 4, 31 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Trade one tile of POPGUNS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with PO · ending in NS · all 7-letter words
POPGUNS 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 POPGUNS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPGUNS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 80) | 61 | 80 | 56 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GUPS, NOUPS, SPUG, UPGO, GUP, NOUP, OUPS, GONS, OUP, SUGO, GON, GUS and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NUGS, POS, GOS, NUG and PO, 5 in all.