Unscramble SUBSCRIPT and you have 216 words, SUBSCRIPT itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SUBSCRIPT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 30 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 30 6-letter words in SUBSCRIPT, 8 score 10 points, the group's best. SCRIPT, STRIPS and CITRUS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBSCRIPT is PUBIC, 11 points; BURPS and CRIBS on 9 follow. STRIP, TRIPS and SUITS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from SUBSCRIPT, the top score is 8, reached by 10. TIPS, PICS and TRIP are the familiar ones.
Of the 53 3-letter words in SUBSCRIPT, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. BUT, ITS and PUT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SUBSCRIPT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in PT · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BUSTICS, CUBISTS, PRUSSIC, PUBIC and SCRIPTS (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUBSCRIPT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBSCRIPT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 183 | 214 | 172 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: SPRUITS, UPRISTS, BRUSTS, BUISTS, BUSTIS, SPRUIT, UPRIST, BRUST, BUIST, BUSTI, CUITS, CURSI and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: BRISS, BRUTS, CRITS, CRIT, PTUI, CRU, PST, URP and SUS. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: CRIPS and CRIP.
With one more tile, the letters of SUBSCRIPT spell the words below.