Unscramble ASSIMILATE and you have 311 words, ASSIMILATE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ASSIMILATE split into 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 41 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 9 letters.
35 of 41 7-letter words in ASSIMILATE tie at 9 points; none scores more. MISSILE, ALIASES and ATLASES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ASSIMILATE, 54 score 8 points, the group's best. LIMITS, EMAILS and METALS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from ASSIMILATE scores 7. EMAIL, ITEMS and MILES are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 4-letter words in ASSIMILATE score 6 points. MAIL, ITEM and SAME are the ones most people know.
22 of 60 3-letter words made with ASSIMILATE letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. ITS, SET and LET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ASSIMILATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with AS · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ELITISMS, MALAISES, MALTASES, SLIMIEST and SMILIEST (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ASSIMILATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSIMILATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 311) | 241 | 311 | 229 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
70 of the 311 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALISMAS, AMELIAS, ASTEISM, ATIMIES, MESAILS, MISTALS, MISTLES, SAMITIS, SMILETS, ALISMA, AMATES, AMELIA and 58 more. 12 of the 311 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SMILIEST, SAMIEST, SMILIES, EMAILS, EMAIL, MASAS, MASES, MASA, MES, ATS, EST and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of ASSIMILATE and one more.