There are 137 words hidden in the letters of UPDATING, from 17 two-letter words up to UPDATING (8 letters). For points, UPDATING is best at 12.
No other single word uses all 8 letters of UPDATING. UPDATING has 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants, worth 12 points before any board bonuses.
8-letter words 1
7-letter words 1
dauting9
6-letter words 8
5-letter words 11
aping8audit6daunt6gaunt6giant6inapt7input7paint7patin7pinta7unapt7
4-letter words 42
adit5agin5anti4aunt4dang6daut5ding6dint5dipt7dita5duit5dung6dunt5gadi6gain5gait5gaud6gaun5gnat5guan5guid6nipa6padi7paid7pain6pang7pant6pian6pina6ping7pint6pita6puna6pung7punt6tain4tang5ting5tuna4tung5unai4unit4
3-letter words 57
aid4ain3ait3and4ani3ant3apt5dag5dap6dig5din4dip6dit4dug5dui4dun4dup6gad5gan4gap6gat4gid5gin4gip6git4gnu4gut4nag4nap5nip5nit3nut3pad6pan5pat5pia5pig6pin5pit5piu5pud6pug6pun5put5tad4tag4tan3tap5tau3tin3tip5tug4tui3tun3tup5uni3uta3
2-letter words 17
ad3ag3ai2an2at2id3in2it2na2nu2pa4pi4ta2ti2un2up4ut2
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.