Unscramble SUBREPTITIOUS and you have 415 words, SUBREPTITIOUS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The 13 letters split into 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SUBREPTITIOUS by length: 1 with 13 letters, 5 with 10, 19 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 12 or 11 letters.
All 5 of the 10-letter words in SUBREPTITIOUS score 12 points.
The best of the 9-letter words made with SUBREPTITIOUS letters is PROBITIES, 13 points; BURSTIEST and OUTBURSTS on 11 follow.
4 of 60 8-letter words from SUBREPTITIOUS tie at 12 points; none scores more. PROTESTS, PURSUITS and SPURIOUS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBREPTITIOUS, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. OUTPUTS, PERSIST and BUSIEST are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words in SUBREPTITIOUS; 7 of them share the top score of 10. BUTTER, SUPERB and BITTER are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with SUBREPTITIOUS letters, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. PROBE, BUTTS and BUSES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBREPTITIOUS; 6 of them share the top score of 8. BEST, PETS and BITS are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words from SUBREPTITIOUS are led by BOP and PUB, 7 points each. BUT, TOP and PUT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SUBREPTITIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with SU · ending in US · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 5 highest-scoring answers, starting with PROBITIES (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUBREPTITIOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBREPTITIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 415) | 303 | 415 | 270 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
112 of the 415 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESPORTS, BESPOUTS, STREPITOUS, UPBURSTS, BESPITS, BESPORT, BESPOTS, BESPOUT, POSTBUS, POSTURISE, POURSUITS, PUBISES and 100 more. 33 of the 415 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BURSTIEST, POSTURIST, SIRUPIEST, BITSIEST, OUTSTEPS, PURTIEST, SPIRITUS, SPITTIER, BITSIER, BROIEST, BRUTEST, ESPOIRS and 21 more.