Unscramble AUTOMATON and you have 142 words, AUTOMATON itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, OTTOMAN, AUTOMAT and AUTOMAN lead with 9 points. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from AUTOMATON split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 15 with 6, 16 with 5, 45 with 4, 43 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
45 4-letter words you get when you unscramble AUTOMATON; 23 of them share the top score of 6. AUTO, ATOM and MOON are everyday picks.
Among 43 3-letter words you get when you unscramble AUTOMATON, the top score is 5, reached by 20. NOT, OUT and MAN are the familiar ones.
This word has the length of AUTOMATON, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with AU · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
AUTOMATON first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AUTOMATON, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUTOMATON itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 110 | 142 | 100 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
32 of the 142 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MANATU, MANOAO, MATATU, MOUTAN, TAMANU, TUTMAN, AMAUT, MANTO, MONA, MOTU, NAAM, NAMU and 20 more. 10 of the 142 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AUTOMAT, MANAT, TOUTON, NATTO, OMA, OUTTA, TAUON, TUM, OUTA and ONO.
Each word below uses all the letters of AUTOMATON and one more.