Unscramble MUCATES and you have 170 words, MUCATES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 4 of them, MUSCAT, ACETUM and MUCATE included. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of MUCATES at once for 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50) or 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
CAMETUS unscrambles to MUCATES: these are all the words its letters make.
M34U12C34A1T1E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from MUCATES split into 1 with 7 letters, 8 with 6, 30 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 17 with 2.
8 of 30 5-letter words made with MUCATES letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. CAUSE, TEAMS and STEAM will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from MUCATES, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. MUST, CASE and SAME are the ones most people know.
CAM, CUM and MAC are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MUCATES, 7 points each. USE, SET and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MUCATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with MU · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ACETUM, MUSCAE and MUSCAT (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts MUCATES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUCATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 143 | 170 | 131 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MUCATES, MUCATE, CAMUS, CAUMS, EMACS, CAUM, MUSET, SCEAT, AESC, AMES, CEAS, MASE and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CUMS, TECS, TUMS, MES, TEC, TUM, UMS, ATS, EST, TES, UTE and TE, 12 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of MUCATES and one more.