Unscramble UPDATING and you have 175 words, UPDATING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DUPING and TAPUING, 10 points each. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for paduting or udapting? They use the same letters as UPDATING, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from UPDATING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 20 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among 60 4-letter words from UPDATING, the top score is 7, reached by 8. UNIT, ANTI and PAID are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with UPDATING letters, 10 score 6 points, the group's best. PUT, AID and TAG are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of UPDATING, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with UP · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
What UPDATING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UPDATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPDATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 136 | 175 | 130 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TAPUING, APTING, PUNGA, PUTID, TIPUNA, DUING, GAUP, PAND, AGUTI, DAINT, GAID, GUP and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PTUI, DAN, NUG, TIAN, DA and GI, 6 in all.
This word takes every letter of UPDATING plus a single extra one.