Unscramble UPSTAYED and you have 221 words, UPSTAYED itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 12, among them DEPUTY, SPAYED and PUDSEY. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from UPSTAYED by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in UPSTAYED: UPDATES, 10 points.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UPSTAYED, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. STUDY, TYPES and DATES are the ones most people know.
16 of 60 4-letter words from UPSTAYED tie at 9 points; none scores more. DAYS, TYPE and EASY will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from UPSTAYED, the top score is 8, reached by 8. DAY, YES and SAY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of UPSTAYED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with UP · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DEPUTY, SPAYED and YAUPED (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts UPSTAYED, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPSTAYED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 221) | 165 | 221 | 155 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
56 of the 221 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UPSTAYED, PUDSEY, PAYSD, PUDSY, SPAYD, SYPED, UPSTAY, PYATS, PYETS, UPSEY, EUPADS, PUYS and 44 more. 10 of the 221 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SAYED, YEPS, DEPS, DEP, YAS, PST, DAS, EDS, DA and TE.