271 words come out when you unscramble UPSTARES, starting with UPSTARES itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: PASTURES. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from UPSTARES split into 2 with 8 letters, 11 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble UPSTARES, 48 score 8 points, the group's best. SPEARS, ASSURE and STRAPS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from UPSTARES scores 7. PRESS, PARTS and SETUP are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble UPSTARES, the top score is 6, reached by 58. PART, PAST and STEP are the familiar ones.
24 of 60 3-letter words from UPSTARES tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, SET and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of UPSTARES 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 UPSTARES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UPSTARES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPSTARES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 227 | 271 | 219 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRAPSES, UPRESTS, PEARST, PETARS, PUSSER, SPAERS, SPARTS, SPEATS, SPERST, SPUERS, TRAPSE, UPREST and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SEPS, URPS, PST, URP, ATS, EST, SUS and TE, 8 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of UPSTARES plus a single extra one.