Unscramble UPGRADES to get 254 words. UPGRADES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 11, among them UPGRADE, GRASPED and SPADGER. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from UPGRADES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 46 6-letter words in UPGRADES, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. SPREAD, GRADES and ARGUED are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UPGRADES are led by GAPED, PAGED and PUDGE, 9 points each. PAGES, GRADE and DRUGS are the familiar ones.
24 of 60 4-letter words from UPGRADES tie at 7 points; none scores more. PAGE, DRUG and PURE will look familiar.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble UPGRADES; 10 of them share the top score of 6. RED, AGE and DUE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of UPGRADES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with UP · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The meaning of UPGRADES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UPGRADES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPGRADES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 200 | 254 | 187 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
54 of the 254 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPADGER, UPDRAGS, GAUPED, GAUPERS, GRAPED, UPDRAG, EUPADS, GAUPER, DEGRAS, DRAPS, EUPAD, GAUPS and 42 more. 13 of the 254 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PUDGES, PUDGE, DURAGS, URPED, AGUED, DEPS, DURAG, DEP, URP, AGS, DAS, EDS and 1 more.
This word takes every letter of UPGRADES plus a single extra one.