Unscramble UPLOOKING and you have 188 words, UPLOOKING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. POLKING, POOKING and POUKING are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from UPLOOKING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 19 with 6, 28 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 letters.
POKING and PUKING share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words made with UPLOOKING letters. LOOKUP and UPLINK are the ones most people know.
GOPIK tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UPLOOKING at 12 points; next come PIKUL and PINKO on 11. POLIO, LINGO and LUPIN will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from UPLOOKING, the top score is 10, reached by 9. LONG, LINK and LOOK are the familiar ones.
KIP and KOP are the top 3-letter words made with UPLOOKING letters, 9 points each. LOG, OIL and INK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of UPLOOKING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with UP · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; POKING and PUKING (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
UPLOOKING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPLOOKING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 138 | 187 | 117 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: UPLOOKING, POLKING, POOKING, POUKING, PLONKO, UPLOOK, PIKUL, PLOOK, PLOUK, KILP, POLK, PONK and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: GOPIK, PULK, POOING, GLOOP, PONGO, OIK, OLINGO, POGO, KI, LIPO, LOGIN, LOGON and 9 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: UGLI.