Unscramble SPADEFULS to get 248 words. SPADEFULS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. 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.
By length, the words from SPADEFULS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in SPADEFULS: SPADEFUL, 14 points.
SAPFUL tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SPADEFULS at 11 points; next come FALSED and FAULDS on 10. PASSED, PEDALS and PULSES will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from SPADEFULS, FLAPS and PELFS tie for first at 10 points. FALSE, PULSE and FUELS are everyday picks.
FLAP and PELF share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SPADEFULS. SELF, PLUS and SAFE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from SPADEFULS, FAP leads with 8 points, then DEF and FAD on 7. DUE, ASS and ADS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SPADEFULS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
SPADEFULS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SPADEFULS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPADEFULS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 190 | 246 | 178 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
56 of the 248 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAPFUL, FALSED, PLUSSED, SPAULDS, UPLEADS, EUPADS, FALSES, PLUSED, PUSLED, SAFED, SEPADS, SPALDS and 44 more. 12 of the 248 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PELAUS, DEF, DEPS, PELAU, PULAS, DEP, FES, FE, DAS, EDS, LUD and DA. 2 of the 248 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS and ALF.