189 words come out when you unscramble UNPAYABLE, starting with UNPAYABLE itself: 16 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. PAYABLE is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from UNPAYABLE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 8 letters.
BLYPE and UPBYE share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UNPAYABLE. PANEL, PLANE and LAYUP are the ones most people know.
UPBY tops the 4-letter words from UNPAYABLE at 11 points; next come ABLY and ABYE on 9. PLAN, PLAY and BLUE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble UNPAYABLE, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. ANY, BUY and PAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UNPAYABLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with UN · ending in LE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PAYABLE (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts UNPAYABLE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNPAYABLE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 140 | 189 | 131 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: UNPAYABLE, BYLANE, AYELP, BANYA, BAYLE, BEANY, PALAY, UNPAY, UPLAY, APAY, BAYE, BLAY and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: PUBE, UNBALE, PELAU, BEAL, BUNA, NAPA, PAAN, PAUA and BAE.
This word takes every letter of UNPAYABLE plus a single extra one.