Unscramble SWEEPSTAKES to get 240 words. SWEEPSTAKES itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SWEEPSTAKES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 7 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in SWEEPSTAKES: SWEEPSTAKE, for 19 points.
TWEAKS and WEEKES are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SWEEPSTAKES, 13 points each. ASSETS, PASSES and SPEAKS will look familiar.
PAWKS scores highest among the 5-letter words from SWEEPSTAKES at 14 points, ahead of ASKEW and SKAWS on 12. WEEKS, TAKES and WASTE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from SWEEPSTAKES is PAWK, 13 points; AWKS and EWKS on 11 follow. TAKE, WEEK and KEEP are everyday picks.
AWK, EWK and KAW share the top score of 10 among the 3-letter words in SWEEPSTAKES. WAS, SEE and ASK are the ones most people know.
This word has the length of SWEEPSTAKES, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with SW · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
SWEEPSTAKES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SWEEPSTAKES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWEEPSTAKES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 194 | 240 | 179 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
46 of the 240 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PAWKS, SKEWEST, PAWK, WEEKES, SKAWS, WEEKE, AWKS, EWKS, KAWS, SKAW, SPEKS, AWK and 34 more. 15 of the 240 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SWEEPSTAKE, TWEEPS, PAKS, TWEEP, KETAS, PAK, KETA, EEEW, EEK, EEW, EW, PST and 3 more.