Unscramble SANDPUMP to get 137 words. SANDPUMP itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1A1N12D2P34U12M34P34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SANDPUMP by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 6, 17 with 5, 51 with 4, 51 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 7 letters.
PUMP tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SANDPUMP at 10 points; next come DAMP and DUMP on 9. MAPS, SAND and DAMN will look familiar.
Of the 51 3-letter words from SANDPUMP, 7 score 7 points, the group's best. MAP, MAN and SUN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SANDPUMP but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SA · ending in MP · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PUMPS (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SANDPUMP is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDPUMP itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 137) | 115 | 137 | 105 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
22 of the 137 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SANDPUMP, UNDAMS, ADSUM, PANDS, UNDAM, MAND, NAMUS, PAND, DUANS, MASU, MNAS, NAMS and 10 more. 10 of the 137 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: APPS, SPAM, APP, DUM, DANS, UMS, DAN, DAS, DA and SAN.
Each word below uses all the letters of SANDPUMP and one more.