Unscramble ADEQUATIVE to get 157 words. ADEQUATIVE itself is a real word: 23 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 6 vowels and 4 consonants.
A1D2E1Q10U12A1T1I1V45E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ADEQUATIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 12 with 6, 18 with 5, 51 with 4, 47 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
EQUID scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ADEQUATIVE at 15 points, ahead of AQUAE and QUATE on 14. QUITE, AUDIT and QUIET are the ones most people know.
51 4-letter words in ADEQUATIVE; 4 of them share the top score of 14. DATE, DATA and EDIT are everyday picks.
QAT and QUA share the top score of 12 among the 3-letter words made with ADEQUATIVE letters. DUE, AID and DIE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ADEQUATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AD · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EQUATIVE (20 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ADEQUATIVE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADEQUATIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 157) | 118 | 157 | 108 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
39 of the 157 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADEQUATIVE, QUITED, QUAT, VAUTED, VEDUTA, VEDUTE, DEEV, VADE, VAUTE, DIV, EVET, IDEATA and 27 more. 10 of the 157 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EQUATIVE, VAQUITA, QADI, QI, AUDITEE, DEVI, VID, DA, UTE and TE.