Unscramble SUBTRUDE and you have 173 words, SUBTRUDE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
S1U12B34T1R1U12D2E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SUBTRUDE split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 21 with 6, 37 with 5, 59 with 4, 40 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Among 37 5-letter words from SUBTRUDE, the top score is 8, reached by 10. TUBES, DEBUT and BURST are the familiar ones.
9 of 59 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBTRUDE tie at 7 points; none scores more. USED, BEST and USER will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SUBTRUDE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SU · ending in DE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BURSTED and SUBDUER (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SUBTRUDE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBTRUDE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 143 | 173 | 131 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
30 of the 173 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SUBTRUDE, BEDUST, SURBED, BREDS, DEBUS, SURBET, BRUST, USURED, BRUS, RUDES, STUDE, SURED and 18 more. 12 of the 173 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEBURS, DEBUR, BRUTS, BUTES, BES, EDS, TRES, UTES, EST, TES, UTE and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of SUBTRUDE plus a single extra one.