Unscramble UPGUSHING and you have 135 words, UPGUSHING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from UPGUSHING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 7 with 6, 9 with 5, 53 with 4, 46 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
PUGH scores highest among the 4-letter words from UPGUSHING at 10 points, ahead of HIPS and HUPS on 9. SIGN, SHIP and PUSH are the ones most people know.
These 2 words have the length of UPGUSHING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with UP · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PUGGISH (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
UPGUSHING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPGUSHING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 135) | 107 | 135 | 98 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UPGUSHING, UPGUSH, UPHUNG, HINGS, HUPS, HING, PUH, GINGS, GUPS, HUIS, NISH, SPUG and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: IGGS, IGG, NUGS, GIS, NUG, SIG, UNIS, GI and UNI, 9 in all.