Unscramble UPSTAYING and you have 262 words, UPSTAYING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from UPSTAYING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 15 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 39 6-letter words in UPSTAYING, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. SAYING, PAYING and INPUTS are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from UPSTAYING, GASPY and GIPSY tie for first at 11 points. INPUT, PAINT and PANTS are everyday picks.
GAPY and GYPS are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble UPSTAYING, 10 points each. PAST, STAY and PAIN will look familiar.
GYP scores highest among the 3-letter words in UPSTAYING at 9 points, ahead of PAY and PUY on 8. ANY, GAY and SAY are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of UPSTAYING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with UP · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SPAYING, TYPINGS and YAUPING (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts UPSTAYING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPSTAYING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 200 | 262 | 186 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: UPSTAYING, PAYINGS, UPTYING, PIGSNY, SYPING, GASPY, PUISNY, UNPAYS, UPSTAY, PYATS, SNIPY, STUPING and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: TYPINGS, ANGSTY, TAPINGS, TIYNS, TYINS, YAGS, TASING, TIYN, TYIN, YAG, YAS, PST and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of UPSTAYING and one more.