Unscramble SPARTS and you have 72 words, SPARTS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: SPRATS and STRAPS. Among the shorter answers, 12 reach 7 points, PARTS, STRAP and TRAPS among them. 6 letters: 1 vowel and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SPARTS split into 3 with 6 letters, 15 with 5, 28 with 4, 20 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Keep every letter of SPARTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with SP · ending in TS · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SPRATS and STRAPS (8 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SPARTS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPARTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 72) | 63 | 72 | 61 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 9 of them: SPARTS, SPART, STAPS, APTS, STAP, RAST, SARS, SAR and ST. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: PST and ATS.
Each word below uses all the letters of SPARTS and one more.