242 words come out when you unscramble PUBLISHED, starting with PUBLISHED itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PUBLISHED by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in PUBLISHED: SULPHIDE, 14 points.
6 of 31 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PUBLISHED tie at 12 points; none scores more. SHIELD, PUSHED and BUILDS will look familiar.
DELPH scores highest among the 5-letter words from PUBLISHED at 11 points, ahead of BHELS and BIPED on 10. BUILD, HELPS and BLUES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PUBLISHED; 15 of them share the top score of 9. HELP, HELD and BUSH are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from PUBLISHED, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. DUE, BID and BED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PUBLISHED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PU · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
What PUBLISHED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PUBLISHED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUBLISHED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 242) | 185 | 242 | 167 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LUDSHIP, DELPHS, HELIBUS, UPHILD, BUSHIE, DELPH, BHELS, DUPLIES, PLESH, SHULED, SULPH, BHEL and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PLUSHED, PLUSHIE, DELISH, SHLUB, BISH, DESHI, HEPS, SIDHE, LUBED, PEDIS, PUBE, SIDH and 6 more, 18 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of PUBLISHED spell the words below.