86 words come out when you unscramble UPSKILLS, starting with UPSKILLS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from UPSKILLS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 22 with 5, 29 with 4, 21 with 3 and 7 with 2.
UPSKILL is the only one of the 7-letter words in UPSKILLS; it scores 13 points.
Of the 29 4-letter words you get when you unscramble UPSKILLS, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. PLUS, SKIP and KILL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UPSKILLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with UP · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
UPSKILLS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
UPSKILLS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPSKILLS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 86) | 72 | 84 | 65 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
12 of the 86 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PIKULS, KILPS, PIKUL, KILP, LISKS, LUSKS, LISK, LUSK, PULLI, SIK, PLU and SUI. 9 of the 86 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: UPSKILLS, UPSKILL, PULKS, PULK, SUKS, KIS, SUK, KI and SUS. 2 of the 86 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: SPIKS and SPIK.