120 words come out when you unscramble STIRRUPS, starting with STIRRUPS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1T1I1R1R1U12P34S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STIRRUPS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 13 with 6, 24 with 5, 37 with 4, 29 with 3 and 10 with 2.
16 of 24 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STIRRUPS tie at 7 points; none scores more. STRIP, TRIPS and SUITS will look familiar.
Among 37 4-letter words from STIRRUPS, the top score is 6, reached by 24. TIPS, TRIP and SUIT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of STIRRUPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ST · ending in PS · all 8-letter words
What STIRRUPS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
STIRRUPS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STIRRUPS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 120) | 98 | 120 | 91 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
22 of the 120 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPRUITS, UPRISTS, SPRUIT, UPRIST, RISPS, RURPS, PIRS, PUIR, RIPT, RISP, RURP, PIR and 10 more. 7 of the 120 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PTUI, URPS, PST, TURRS, URP, TURR and SUS.
With one more tile, the letters of STIRRUPS spell the words below.