219 words come out when you unscramble UPBRAYING, starting with UPBRAYING itself: 17 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 13: 7 of them, PRAYING, BURYING and BRAYING included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from UPBRAYING split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 22 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 8 letters.
BUNYIP and UPBRAY share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words in UPBRAYING. BUYING, PAYING and BINARY are the ones most people know.
46 5-letter words from UPBRAYING; 5 of them share the top score of 11. BRING, URBAN and BRAIN are everyday picks.
UPBY tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble UPBRAYING at 11 points; next come GABY and GAPY on 10. PAIN, PAIR and GRAY will look familiar.
GYP scores highest among the 3-letter words in UPBRAYING at 9 points, ahead of ABY and BAY on 8. ANY, BUY and BIG are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of UPBRAYING for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with UP · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BRAYING, BUNYIP, BURYING, PRAYING, RUBYING and YAUPING (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: UPBRAYING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPBRAYING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 219) | 175 | 219 | 165 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: UPBRAYING, UPBRAY, UPBRING, ANBURY, BINGY, BUNGY, UNPRAY, UNPAY, PURING, BAPU, BARP, BRAP and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: BUNYIP, URPING, BRUNG, UNPAIR, BING, YAG, BUNA, RYU, NAIRU and GI.