Unscramble SPUNGES and you have 86 words, SPUNGES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SPEUGS, SPUNGE and UNPEGS lead with 9 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of SPUNGES at once for 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50) or 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SPUNGES split into 1 with 7 letters, 3 with 6, 11 with 5, 31 with 4, 30 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Of the 31 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SPUNGES, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. USES, GUNS and PENS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SPUNGES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with UNPEGS (9 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SPUNGES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPUNGES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 86) | 67 | 86 | 61 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 19 of them: SPUNGES, SPEUGS, SPUNGE, SPEUG, SPUGS, GUPS, SPUG, GUP, NEPS, GUES, NEP, SUGS and 7 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: SEPS, NEGS, NUGS, NEG, NUG and SUS.