Unscramble ADULATORY and you have 199 words, ADULATORY itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. ADULATORY has 1 anagram here, LAUDATORY, scoring 13 like ADULATORY itself. Of the shorter words, DATARY, DOURLY and DRYLOT lead with 10 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ADULATORY by length: 2 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 11 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among 43 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ADULATORY, the top score is 9, reached by 10. TODAY, ADULT and ROYAL are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ADULATORY; 16 of them share the top score of 8. DATA, LORD and LOAD are everyday picks.
5 of 60 3-letter words from ADULATORY tie at 7 points; none scores more. OUT, DAY and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ADULATORY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AD · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
What ADULATORY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ADULATORY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADULATORY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 199) | 152 | 199 | 140 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
47 of the 199 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DUROY, LORDY, YAOURT, ADRY, OTARY, RUDY, URDY, YARTA, YARTO, YOLD, YOURT, ALAY and 35 more. 12 of the 199 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TAYRA, OATY, DOULA, RYU, DOUT, LUDO, TOLAR, LUD, ODA, ARO, DA and LOR.