Unscramble ALLIGATE and you have 133 words, ALLIGATE itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 8, among them TILLAGE, GALLATE and GALLETA. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ALLIGATE split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 9 with 6, 18 with 5, 43 with 4, 42 with 3 and 16 with 2.
21 of 43 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALLIGATE tie at 5 points; none scores more. TELL, LATE and GATE will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of ALLIGATE, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with AL · ending in TE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GALLATE, GALLETA, TALLAGE and TILLAGE (8 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ALLIGATE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLIGATE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 133) | 107 | 133 | 103 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
26 of the 133 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALLIGATE, ALGATE, GILLET, TAIGLE, AGILA, GAITA, GILET, AIGA, GEAL, GEAT, GEIT, GILA and 14 more. 4 of the 133 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AGITA, GITE, GI and TE.
These 3 words take every letter of ALLIGATE plus a single extra one.