294 words come out when you unscramble STUPENDOUS, starting with STUPENDOUS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, OUTSPENDS leads with 12 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STUPENDOUS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
OUTSPENDS is the only one of the 9-letter words made with STUPENDOUS letters; it scores 12 points.
10 of 23 7-letter words you get when you unscramble STUPENDOUS tie at 10 points; none scores more. SUSPEND will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from STUPENDOUS, 21 score 9 points, the group's best. POSTED, SOUNDS and POUNDS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words made with STUPENDOUS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 22. POSTS, STEPS and SPENT are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STUPENDOUS; 17 of them share the top score of 7. POST, OPEN and STEP are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from STUPENDOUS, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. NOT, ONE and TOP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of STUPENDOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with ST · ending in US · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OUTSPENDS (12 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
STUPENDOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STUPENDOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 294) | 247 | 294 | 235 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POSNETS, POSSED, PUDENT, STUPED, UNSPED, DEUTONS, DOUPS, OUPED, PENDU, POSNET, POTED, POUSSE and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DOPEST, PUDUS, DEPS, PUDU, DEP, SEPS, POS, PST, EDS, PO, EST and TE, 12 in all.
This word takes every letter of STUPENDOUS plus a single extra one.