Unscramble UPSWARMS to get 160 words. UPSWARMS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, UPSWARM and WARMUPS lead with 14 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from UPSWARMS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
SWAMP tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UPSWARMS at 12 points; next come MAWRS and SPAWS on 10. SUPRA, WRAPS and SPURS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from UPSWARMS, the top score is 9, reached by 13. MAPS, PASS and MASS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of UPSWARMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with UP · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; WARMUPS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: UPSWARMS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPSWARMS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 127 | 160 | 122 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. *Words With Friends' list can change.
33 of the 160 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UPSWARMS, UPSWARM, MAWPUS, WASSUP, MAWRS, SPAWS, WASMS, MAWR, PARMS, SPAW, WASM, MUSARS and 21 more. 5 of the 160 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SPAMS, URPS, UMS, URP and SUS.