Unscramble SWOOPSTAKE and you have 255 words, SWOOPSTAKE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SWOOPSTAKE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in SWOOPSTAKE: SOOPSTAKE, 15 points.
KAPOWS tops the 6-letter words from SWOOPSTAKE at 15 points; next come KOTOWS and TWEAKS on 13. SPEAKS, STAKES and WASTES will look familiar.
KAPOW and PAWKS share the top score of 14 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SWOOPSTAKE. TAKES, SPEAK and TASKS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SWOOPSTAKE is PAWK, 13 points; AWKS and EWKS on 11 follow. KEPT, PEAK and WAKE are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from SWOOPSTAKE, the top score is 10, reached by 5. WAS, TWO and ASK are the familiar ones.
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with KAPOWS (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SWOOPSTAKE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWOOPSTAKE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 184 | 255 | 170 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 69 of them: SOOPSTAKE, PAWKS, PAWK, POAKES, SKAWS, TOPEKS, AWKS, EWKS, KAWS, KOAPS, KOWS, POAKE and 57 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: KAPOWS, KAPOW, WOKEST, POOKAS, POOKA, PAKS, KETAS, PAK, KETA, OK, OWT, APO and 4 more. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: WOPS and WOP.