Unscramble UPSTART and you have 130 words, UPSTART itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: STARTUP. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of UPSTART at once for 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50) or 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
U12P34S1T1A1R1T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from UPSTART split into 2 with 7 letters, 3 with 6, 32 with 5, 48 with 4, 35 with 3 and 10 with 2.
32 5-letter words from UPSTART; 19 of them share the top score of 7. START, PARTS and TRUST are everyday picks.
Of the 48 4-letter words you get when you unscramble UPSTART, 26 score 6 points, the group's best. PART, STAR and ARTS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UPSTART but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with UP · ending in RT · all 7-letter words
What UPSTART means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UPSTART, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPSTART itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 103 | 130 | 99 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
27 of the 130 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PRATTS, PATUS, PRATT, SPART, TAPUS, APTS, ASTRUT, PATU, STAP, TAPU, TUARTS, UPTA and 15 more. 4 of the 130 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: URPS, PST, URP and ATS.
These 5 words take every letter of UPSTART plus a single extra one.