262 words come out when you unscramble SAPIDNESS, starting with SAPIDNESS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 4 of them, APSIDES, PANDIES and PANSIED included. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SAPIDNESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 14 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
46 6-letter words in SAPIDNESS; 12 of them share the top score of 9. PASSED, PASSES and SPENDS are everyday picks.
16 of 60 5-letter words from SAPIDNESS tie at 8 points; none scores more. IDEAS, SPEND and ASIDE will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SAPIDNESS; 13 of them share the top score of 7. PAID, PASS and PAIN are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SAPIDNESS, the top score is 6, reached by 5. END, ASS and ADS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SAPIDNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SA · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with APSIDES and PANDIES (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SAPIDNESS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAPIDNESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 204 | 262 | 191 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
58 of the 262 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAPIDNESS, PANSIED, SPAINED, ASPINES, PIENDS, SEPADS, SPANED, SPIDES, ASPINE, PANDS, PIEND, SDAINES and 46 more. 13 of the 262 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NAPED, PEDIS, DEPS, PEDI, DEP, DESIS, SEPS, DANS, DAN, DAS, EDS, DA and 1 more.