Unscramble STUMPIES and you have 226 words, STUMPIES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: SPUMIEST. The best shorter words score 11: 7 of them, IMPETUS, MISSTEP and IMPUTES included. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from STUMPIES split into 2 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 18 with 2.
9 of 31 6-letter words from STUMPIES tie at 10 points; none scores more. SUITES, TISSUE and MISUSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STUMPIES, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. ITEMS, TIMES and STEPS are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 4-letter words from STUMPIES tie at 8 points; none scores more. ITEM, MUST and STEP will look familiar.
Trade one tile of STUMPIES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SPUMIEST (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: STUMPIES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STUMPIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 179 | 226 | 163 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STUMPIES, SEPIUMS, SUMPITS, PUMIES, SEPIUM, SUMPIT, UMPIES, EMPTS, PIUMS, PUMIE, SPIMS, TIMPS and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MIPS, STIMS, SUMIS, PTUI, SEPS, STIM, SUMI, MES, PST, TUM, UMS, EST and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of STUMPIES and one more.