151 words come out when you unscramble AUTOMATS, starting with AUTOMATS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, AUTOMAT, STOMATA and MATATUS lead with 9 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from AUTOMATS split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 26 with 5, 57 with 4, 40 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 26 5-letter words from AUTOMATS, 15 score 7 points, the group's best. AUTOS, ATOMS and TOAST are the ones most people know.
33 of 57 4-letter words you get when you unscramble AUTOMATS tie at 6 points; none scores more. MOST, MUST and AUTO will look familiar.
Trade one tile of AUTOMATS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with AU · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
What AUTOMATS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AUTOMATS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUTOMATS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 117 | 151 | 102 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
34 of the 151 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MATATUS, AMAUTS, MATATU, AMAUT, ATMOS, MOTUS, MOUST, OUMAS, SMOUT, MAAS, MASU, MOTU and 22 more. 15 of the 151 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AUTOMATS, AUTOMAT, MASA, MUSO, OMAS, TUMS, OMA, OUTTA, SOM, TUM, UMS, OUTA and 3 more.
This word takes every letter of AUTOMATS plus a single extra one.