Unscramble UNDERPASS to get 291 words. UNDERPASS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. SANDSPUR, UNDRAPES and UNSPARED are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from UNDERPASS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
24 7-letter words in UNDERPASS; 10 of them share the top score of 10. ASSURED, SANDERS and SPREADS are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words from UNDERPASS, the top score is 9, reached by 29. PASSED, SPREAD and SPEARS are the familiar ones.
32 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UNDERPASS tie at 8 points; none scores more. PRESS, SPEND and PURSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from UNDERPASS, 15 score 7 points, the group's best. PASS, PURE and SPAN are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 3-letter words in UNDERPASS tie at 6 points; none scores more. ARE, END and RED will look familiar.
Keep every letter of UNDERPASS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with UN · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SANDSPUR and UNDRAPES (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UNDERPASS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNDERPASS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 291) | 235 | 291 | 221 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
56 of the 291 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNSPARED, ADPRESS, UNPARED, EUPADS, SEPADS, SPANED, SPREDS, SPURNES, UNSPARS, UNSPED, DAUNERS, DRAPS and 44 more. 14 of the 291 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NAPED, PARENS, URPED, DENARS, DEPS, PAREN, DEP, SEPS, URPS, URP, DAN, DAS and 2 more.
This word takes every letter of UNDERPASS plus a single extra one.