Unscramble UPGATHERS and you have 284 words, UPGATHERS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, UPGATHER leads with 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
U12P34G23A1T1H43E1R1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from UPGATHERS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 14 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble UPGATHERS, GRAPHS, HATPEG and PHAGES tie for first at 12 points. HEARTS, PHRASE and GATHER are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from UPGATHERS are led by GRAPH, PEGHS and PHAGE, 11 points each. HEART, EARTH and PHASE are the familiar ones.
PEGH and PUGH share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble UPGATHERS. HUGE, HEAR and PATH are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 3-letter words from UPGATHERS tie at 8 points; none scores more. HAS, AGE and PUT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of UPGATHERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with UP · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
What UPGATHERS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UPGATHERS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPGATHERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 228 | 284 | 215 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 56 of them: HATPEGS, SPREAGH, HATPEG, SPARTHE, HEPARS, PEGHS, PHARES, SPARTH, SPHAER, SPHEAR, TUGHRAS, GAUPERS and 44 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: PHASER, UPSTAGER, SHTUP, THESP, HAUTER, HEPS, ARGH, AUGH, AHS, PST, URP, AGS and 1 more.