Unscramble UPSWEEPS and you have 64 words, UPSWEEPS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, UPSWEEP leads with 14 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
U12P34S1W4E1E1P34S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from UPSWEEPS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 2 with 6, 11 with 5, 24 with 4, 18 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in UPSWEEPS: UPSWEEP, for 14 points.
Keep every letter of UPSWEEPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with UP · ending in PS · all 8-letter words
UPSWEEPS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UPSWEEPS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPSWEEPS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 64) | 56 | 64 | 51 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWEES, UPSEES, WUSES, SWEE, UPSEE, WUS, SESE and EE, 8 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EEW, SEPS, EW, ESSE and SUS, 5 in all.