Unscramble SUBOCTUPLE to get 274 words. SUBOCTUPLE itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SUBOCTUPLE split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 19 with 7, 50 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 19 7-letter words in SUBOCTUPLE, 12 score 11 points, the group's best. COUPLES and CLOSEUP are the ones most people know.
PUBCOS tops the 6-letter words from SUBOCTUPLE at 12 points; next come BESPOT and BOUCLE on 10. COUPLE, SUBTLE and CLOSET will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBOCTUPLE is PUBCO, 11 points; BLOCS and BOEPS on 9 follow. CLOSE, CLUBS and BLUES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBOCTUPLE, the top score is 8, reached by 22. BEST, COST and CLUB are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 3-letter words from SUBOCTUPLE tie at 7 points; none scores more. BUT, TOP and PUT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SUBOCTUPLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SU · ending in LE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COUPLETS, OCTUPLES and OPUSCULE (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SUBOCTUPLE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBOCTUPLE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 274) | 233 | 274 | 214 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: SUBOCTUPLE, PUBCOS, BESPOUT, OPUSCLE, PUBCO, UPCLOSE, BESPOT, PUCEST, BOEPS, PLUTOES, SCOUP, BOEP and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: CLOSEUP, SPECT, BOULTS, PLUOTS, PUBE, TELCOS, BOULT, BUTES, ECOS, BES, ECO, LOC and 7 more.