There are 58 words hidden in the letters of UPDATED, from 11 two-letter words up to UPDATED (7 letters). For points, UPDATED is best at 11.
No other single word uses all 7 letters of UPDATED. UPDATED has 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants, worth 11 points before any board bonuses.
7-letter words 1
6-letter words 2
dauted8update9
5-letter words 6
adept8dated7duped9pated8taped8taupe7
4-letter words 11
aped7date5daut5duad6dude6duet5dupe7pate6peat6tape6tepa6
3-letter words 27
add5ape5apt5ate3dad5dap6dud5due4dup6eat3eau3eta3pad6pat5pea5ped6pet5pud6put5tad4tae3tap5tau3tea3ted4tup5uta3
2-letter words 11
ad3ae2at2de3ed3et2pa4pe4ta2up4ut2
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.