Unscramble STICKUPS and you have 134 words, STICKUPS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from STICKUPS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 28 with 5, 50 with 4, 36 with 3 and 10 with 2.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STICKUPS are led by PICKS, PUCKS and SPICK, 13 points each. STICK, STUCK and SUITS are the familiar ones.
PICK and PUCK are the top 4-letter words from STICKUPS, 12 points each. TIPS, PICS and SKIP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of STICKUPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ST · ending in PS · all 8-letter words
What STICKUPS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STICKUPS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STICKUPS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 134) | 117 | 132 | 112 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
14 of the 134 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STUCKS, KUTIS, KUTI, TIKS, CUITS, SIK, TIK, CITS, CUIT, CIT, SIST, UTIS and 2 more. 8 of the 134 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ICKS, SUKS, KIS, SUK, KI, PTUI, PST and SUS. 2 of the 134 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: SPIKS and SPIK. 1 of the 134 answers is missing from Scrabble US: SPICK.
This word takes every letter of STICKUPS plus a single extra one.