Unscramble PUPATING and you have 136 words, PUPATING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are TAPPING and TUPPING, 12 points each. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PUPATING split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 5 with 6, 16 with 5, 40 with 4, 53 with 3 and 18 with 2.
PIPA and PUPA are the top 4-letter words from PUPATING, 8 points each. UNIT, ANTI and PAIN will look familiar.
Among 53 3-letter words from PUPATING, the top score is 7, reached by 4. PUT, TAG and TIP are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PUPATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PU · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
The meaning of PUPATING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PUPATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUPATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 136) | 109 | 136 | 102 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TAPUING, APPUI, APTING, PUNGA, TIPUNA, GAUP, AGUTI, GUP, NGATI, PATU, TANGI, TAPU and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PIPA, APP, PTUI, NUG, TIAN, GI and UNI, 7 in all.