Unscramble ARTICULATE and you have 299 words, ARTICULATE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ARTICULATE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
ACTUALITE is the only one of the 9-letter words made with ARTICULATE letters; it scores 11 points.
25 of 33 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ARTICULATE tie at 9 points; none scores more. ARTICLE, CLUTTER and LATTICE will look familiar.
60 6-letter words from ARTICULATE; 50 of them share the top score of 8. ACTUAL, LATTER and CATTLE are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words made with ARTICULATE letters come to 60, each scoring 7 points. CLEAR, TRACE and ACUTE are the familiar ones.
45 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ARTICULATE tie at 6 points; none scores more. AREA, CARE and CART will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from ARTICULATE, 20 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, CAR and ART are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ARTICULATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AR · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CULTRATE, RETICULA, TAILRACE, TRACTILE and URTICATE (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ARTICULATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTICULATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 239 | 299 | 222 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
60 of the 299 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACTUALITE, CULTIER, CUTTIER, TRUCIAL, ACATER, ACTURE, CAUTEL, CAUTER, CLUIER, CUITER, CULTER, CURIET and 48 more. 17 of the 299 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ATRETIC, CLITTER, TALCIER, LUCITE, CAURI, RECIT, ACAI, CERT, CLIT, CRIA, CRIT, CAL and 5 more.
These 5 words take every letter of ARTICULATE plus a single extra one.