280 words come out when you unscramble UNDERCOVER, starting with UNDERCOVER itself: 16 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, UNCOVERED and OVERCURED lead with 15 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from UNDERCOVER by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 8 with 8, 25 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
COVERED and DECURVE share the top score of 13 among the 7-letter words from UNDERCOVER. RECOVER, UNCOVER and OVERDUE are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble UNDERCOVER, CURVED leads with 12 points, then CORVEE on 11 and DEVORE on 10. RECORD, REDUCE and CORNER are the familiar ones.
COVED tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UNDERCOVER at 11 points; next come COVEN and COVER on 10. NEVER, VENUE and DECOR will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from UNDERCOVER is COVE, 9 points; DEEV and DERV on 8 follow. OVER, CODE and EVEN are everyday picks.
DEV scores highest among the 3-letter words in UNDERCOVER at 7 points, ahead of COD and CUD on 6. ONE, END and RED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UNDERCOVER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with UN · ending in ER · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by OVERCURED and UNCOVERED (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UNDERCOVER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNDERCOVER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 212 | 279 | 202 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
67 of the 280 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERRED, RECOURED, CRUVE, DEVORE, OVENED, OVERREN, RECURED, VORRED, CENDRE, CERNED, CONDER, COURED and 55 more. 10 of the 280 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CUVEE, DOUCER, CONURE, CRUDO, ENDURER, OUNCER, CRED, ERUV, CRU and ECO. 1 of the 280 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
With one more tile, the letters of UNDERCOVER spell the words below.