Unscramble ALLITERATE and you have 254 words, ALLITERATE itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALLITERATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 17 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 18 with 2.
The 6-letter words from ALLITERATE come to 41, each scoring 6 points. LITTLE, LETTER and RETAIL are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words in ALLITERATE score 5 points. LATER, ALERT and ELITE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words made with ALLITERATE letters scores 4. REAL, AREA and RATE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ALLITERATE come to 50, each scoring 3 points. ARE, ALL and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ALLITERATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AL · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ALITERATE (9 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ALLITERATE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLITERATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 199 | 253 | 194 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TALLIATE, AILETTE, LAETARE, REALLIE, REALTIE, TREILLE, TRIELLA, LEALER, LETTRE, RELATA, RELLIE, TALEAE and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RAITA, TETRI, ARIE, RAI and TE, 5 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 2 words take every letter of ALLITERATE plus a single extra one.