29 words come out when you unscramble TAPAS, starting with TAPAS itself: 7 in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 7 points: ATAPS and PASTA. The best shorter words score 6: 8 of them, PAST, TAPS and PATS included. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from TAPAS by length: 3 with 5 letters, 8 with 4, 12 with 3 and 6 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of TAPAS, with one letter different:
More 5-letter words: starting with TA · ending in AS · all 5-letter words
The meaning of TAPAS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TAPAS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAPAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 29) | 26 | 29 | 24 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
3 of the 29 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: APTS, STAP and ST. 2 of the 29 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PST and ATS.
These 9 words take every letter of TAPAS plus a single extra one.