update needs no unscrambling at all — the six-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 9 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 53 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
update is the highest-scoring word from update, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 53 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one six-letter word uses the letters in update — and it is update itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 4 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in update. 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.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in update 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.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling update turns up 26 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ape, ate, due, eat, pad, pea, and pet. For points, the strongest plays are dap, dep, dup, pad, ped, and pud — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in update. 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.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in update 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.
update is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record five senses for update. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 9 points on a Scrabble board:
update is the only six-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing update unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is update, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from update 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 update 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.