Unscramble ANIMATER and you have 243 words, ANIMATER itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: MARINATE. 9 shorter words score 9, among them MARTIAN, ANIMATE and RAIMENT. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ANIMATER by length: 2 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among 29 6-letter words from ANIMATER, the top score is 8, reached by 24. MARINE, REMAIN and RETAIN are the familiar ones.
47 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ANIMATER tie at 7 points; none scores more. ANIME, MEANT and INTER will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ANIMATER; 46 of them share the top score of 6. TIME, NAME and ITEM are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from ANIMATER, 21 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, ART and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ANIMATER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AN · ending in ER · all 8-letter words
ANIMATER first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ANIMATER 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMATER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 243) | 197 | 243 | 184 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MERANTI, MAINER, MANATI, RETAMA, TAMINE, AMATE, ENARM, INERM, MAARE, MAIRE, MANET, MARAE and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AMENTA, MATIER, AMRIT, ARAME, MANAT, RAMEN, RAMIN, MANI, MARA, TREM, ARIE, RAI and 1 more, 13 in all.
These 6 words take every letter of ANIMATER plus a single extra one.