153 words come out when you unscramble ADULATOR, starting with ADULATOR itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: LAUDATOR. Of the shorter words, DATURA and RADULA lead with 7 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ADULATOR by length: 2 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 22 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ADULATOR, 35 score 5 points, the group's best. DATA, ROAD and AUTO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ADULATOR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AD · ending in OR · all 8-letter words
ADULATOR first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ADULATOR, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADULATOR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 153) | 120 | 153 | 109 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
33 of the 153 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DATAL, DAULT, DOUAR, ROTULA, TAULD, TROAD, ALOD, DAAL, DALT, DAUR, DORT, DUAR and 21 more. 11 of the 153 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOULA, DOUT, LUDO, TOLAR, LATU, LUD, ODA, OUTA, ARO, DA and LOR.
These 4 words take every letter of ADULATOR plus a single extra one.