492 words come out when you unscramble ADMINISTRATES, starting with ADMINISTRATES itself: 16 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ADMINISTRATES split into 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 3 with 11, 33 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
Just 1 of the 12-letter words made with ADMINISTRATES letters: ADMINISTRATE, for 15 points.
ADMINISTERS and DISANIMATES are the top 11-letter words in ADMINISTRATES, 14 points each.
33 10-letter words you get when you unscramble ADMINISTRATES; 12 of them share the top score of 13. ADMINISTER and DERMATITIS are everyday picks.
Among 60 9-letter words from ADMINISTRATES, the top score is 12, reached by 18. MINISTERS, STATESMAN and TRANSMITS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble ADMINISTRATES, 41 score 11 points, the group's best. ANIMATED, INTIMATE and MANDATES are the ones most people know.
The 7-letter words from ADMINISTRATES come to 60, each scoring 10 points. MADNESS, MANDATE and REMINDS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words in ADMINISTRATES score 9 points. DREAMS, MEDIAN and MAIDEN are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words made with ADMINISTRATES letters, the top score is 8, reached by 52. MEDIA, NAMED and DREAM are the familiar ones.
21 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ADMINISTRATES tie at 7 points; none scores more. ITEM, MADE and MAIN will look familiar.
60 3-letter words from ADMINISTRATES; 5 of them share the top score of 6. END, MAN and MEN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of ADMINISTRATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with DERMATITIS, DRAMATISES, MASTITIDES, MISANDRIES, MISSTARTED and MISTRAINED (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ADMINISTRATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADMINISTRATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 492) | 404 | 492 | 371 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 88 of them: DISANIMATES, DISANIMATE, MIRANDISES, ASTERIDIANS, EMANATISTS, MIRANDISE, TERMINISTS, ADERMINS, ASTERIDIAN, ATRAMENTS, DAMASSIN, DARTITISES and 76 more. Words With Friends* skips 33 of them: MISANDRIST, ANIMATISTS, DIASTEMAS, MINIDRESS, ANIMATIST, DAMNESTS, INTERMATS, SIDEARMS, SIDESMAN, STERADIANS, TANTRISMS, ANTITRADE and 21 more.