Unscramble SURPASSES and you have 201 words, SURPASSES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. PASSUSES is the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SURPASSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 28 with 6, 56 with 5, 57 with 4, 40 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in SURPASSES: PASSUSES, for 10 points.
Of the 28 6-letter words from SURPASSES, 21 score 8 points, the group's best. ASSESS, PASSES and SPEARS are the ones most people know.
Among 56 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SURPASSES, the top score is 7, reached by 34. PRESS, USERS and SUPER are the familiar ones.
31 of 57 4-letter words made with SURPASSES letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. USER, SURE and USES will look familiar.
Of the 40 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SURPASSES, 17 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, USE and ASS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SURPASSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of SURPASSES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SURPASSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SURPASSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 201) | 167 | 201 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
34 of the 201 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PUSSERS, PUSSER, SPAERS, SPUERS, PUERS, PURES, SARUSES, SPAER, SPUER, PUER, RASSES, SASERS and 22 more. 5 of the 201 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SEPS, URPS, SUSES, URP and SUS.
With one more tile, the letters of SURPASSES spell the words below.