Unscramble TAPERSTICK to get 343 words. TAPERSTICK itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 16: 4 of them, PATRICKS, EARPICKS and PRICKETS included. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from TAPERSTICK split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 19 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
SCARPETTI is the only one of the 9-letter words in TAPERSTICK; it scores 13 points.
Among 19 8-letter words made with TAPERSTICK letters, the top score is 16, reached by 4. PRACTISE is the familiar one.
12 of 60 7-letter words from TAPERSTICK tie at 15 points; none scores more. TICKETS, PACKETS and STICKER will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TAPERSTICK, 9 score 14 points, the group's best. TICKET, TRACKS and ASPECT are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 5-letter words made with TAPERSTICK letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. TRACK, SPEAK and PARKS will look familiar.
PACK, PECK and PICK share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TAPERSTICK. PARK, SKIP and CAPE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from TAPERSTICK, the top score is 9, reached by 5. CAR, ACT and ASK are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of TAPERSTICK but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with TA · ending in CK · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PRICKETS and TRIPACKS (16 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TAPERSTICK, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAPERSTICK itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 343) | 266 | 340 | 250 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EARPICKS, PATRICKS, EARPICK, PATRICK, RIPECKS, SPICKER, ASPICK, RACKETTS, RIPECK, SPRACK, TIETACKS, TRACKIES and 63 more, 75 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PARKIEST, PACIEST, ICKS, PACIER, PAKS, PARTIEST, ACK, ATRESIC, ATRETIC, CAPRI, PAK, KETA and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US: SPICK. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: SPIK.
With one more tile, the letters of TAPERSTICK spell the words below.