Hidden inside aptude is one standout: update, a six-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 53 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
APTUDE isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to UPDATE (verb), to bring up to date, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
update is the highest-scoring word from aptude, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 53 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling aptude produces exactly one six-letter word: update. It is an everyday word and an easy play, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 4 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in aptude. If a familiar word is all you need, start with taped. For points, the strongest plays are adept, pated, and taped — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in aptude produces 9 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with date and tape. For points, the strongest plays are aped and dupe — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling aptude turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ape, ate and due. For points, 6 words tie at 6 points, including pad, dap and dep.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in aptude. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, at, and up. For points, the strongest plays are pa, pe, and up — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
6 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in aptude plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in aptude and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is update, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from aptude earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in aptude produce 53 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 4 five-letter words, 9 four-letter words, 26 three-letter words and 13 two-letter words.