328 words come out when you unscramble UPWARDNESS, starting with UPWARDNESS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PREDAWNS and UNWARPED, 14 points each. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from UPWARDNESS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 9 with 8, 52 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in UPWARDNESS: UNDERPASS, 12 points.
Of the 52 7-letter words from UPWARDNESS, 6 score 13 points, the group's best. ANSWERS, ASSURED and SANDERS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble UPWARDNESS, the top score is 12, reached by 5. ANSWER, PASSED and WARNED are the familiar ones.
PAWED and PWNED are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble UPWARDNESS, 11 points each. DRAWN, DRAWS and WRAPS will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from UPWARDNESS; 11 of them share the top score of 9. NEWS, DRAW and WARD are everyday picks.
4 of 60 3-letter words in UPWARDNESS tie at 8 points; none scores more. NEW, WAS and WAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of UPWARDNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with UP · ending in SS · all 10-letter words
What UPWARDNESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. UPWARDNESS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPWARDNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 328) | 263 | 328 | 252 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 65 of them: UPDRAWN, UPDRAWS, PURSEWS, SUPAWNS, UPDRAW, UPDREW, DAWNERS, PURSEW, SAWDERS, SPREWS, SUPAWN, SWEARDS and 53 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: PWNED, PWNS, NAPED, PWN, DEPS, DEP, EW, URP, DAN, DAS and DA.