Unscramble UPDRAWS and you have 117 words, UPDRAWS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of UPDRAWS is on the page: UPWARDS, each 13 points. Of the shorter words, UPWARD and UPDRAW lead with 12 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of UPDRAWS at once for 63 in Scrabble (13 + 50) or 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from UPDRAWS split into 2 with 7 letters, 4 with 6, 18 with 5, 45 with 4, 39 with 3 and 9 with 2.
7 of 45 4-letter words from UPDRAWS tie at 9 points; none scores more. WARS, DRAW and WARD will look familiar.
PAW and WAP share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble UPDRAWS. WAS, WAR and ADS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UPDRAWS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with UP · ending in WS · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; UPWARDS (13 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
UPDRAWS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPDRAWS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 117) | 88 | 117 | 84 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 29 of them: UPDRAWS, UPDRAW, USWARD, SPAW, DRAPS, PRADS, SPARD, SPRAD, SWAD, WAURS, WUDS, DRAP and 17 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: URPS, URP, DAS and DA.