There are 151 words hidden in the letters of UPDATES, from 16 two-letter words up to UPDATES (7 letters). For points, UPDATES is best at 10.
No other single word uses all 7 letters of UPDATES. UPDATES has 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants, worth 10 points before any board bonuses.
7-letter words 1
6-letter words 6
5-letter words 31
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4-letter words 53
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3-letter words 44
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2-letter words 16
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Words are from our open word list and include some game-only words. Rude words are left out of this page; the unscrambler shows every valid word, lets you add blank tiles and filter by length.