Unscramble UPBUILDS and you have 88 words, UPBUILDS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. UPBUILDS has 1 anagram here, BUILDUPS, scoring 13 like UPBUILDS itself. BUILDUP and UPBUILD are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from UPBUILDS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 2 with 6, 11 with 5, 29 with 4, 33 with 3 and 9 with 2.
PUB scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble UPBUILDS at 7 points, ahead of BID and BUD on 6. SUB, BUS and UPS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UPBUILDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with UP · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
UPBUILDS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UPBUILDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPBUILDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 88) | 74 | 88 | 70 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BLUIDS, BLUDS, BLUID, BUDIS, BLUD, BUDI, PULUS, PULU, PLU, SUID, SUD, UDS and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PUDUS, PUDU, LUDS and LUD, 4 in all.