Unscramble STAPLE and you have 173 words, STAPLE itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. 10 anagrams of STAPLE are on the page, PALEST, PALETS and PASTEL included; each is 8 points. It has 6 letters, 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from STAPLE split into 11 with 6 letters, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among 45 5-letter words in STAPLE, the top score is 7, reached by 33. LEAST, PLATE and TALES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STAPLE, 35 score 6 points, the group's best. LAST, SALE and EAST are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of STAPLE, with one letter different:
More 6-letter words: starting with ST · ending in LE · all 6-letter words
The meaning of STAPLE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STAPLE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAPLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 147 | 173 | 142 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
26 of the 173 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PELTAS, PLASTE, PELAS, PELTA, PLAST, SPALT, SPEAL, SPEAT, APTS, LEPS, PELA, PELS and 14 more. 5 of the 173 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PST, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
These 12 words take every letter of STAPLE plus a single extra one.