Unscramble PUSHPINS and you have 96 words, PUSHPINS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PUSHPIN, 14 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34U12S1H43P34I1N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PUSHPINS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 13 with 5, 33 with 4, 31 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Of the 33 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PUSHPINS, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. SHIP, PUSH and SPIN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PUSHPINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PU · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of PUSHPINS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PUSHPINS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUSHPINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 96) | 83 | 96 | 80 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HIPPUS, HUPS, PUH, SNUSH, HUIS, HUSS, NISH, HUI, ISH, SUNIS, SUNI, NIS and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: UNIS, SUS and UNI, 3 in all.