Unscramble CANDIDATE to get 217 words. CANDIDATE itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CANDIDATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 30 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 21 with 2.
DEDICANT is the only one of the 8-letter words made with CANDIDATE letters; it scores 12 points.
Among 30 6-letter words from CANDIDATE, the top score is 10, reached by 6. CANDID, ADDICT and DANCED are the familiar ones.
CIDED, DECAD and DICED are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CANDIDATE, 9 points each. DANCE, DATED and CITED will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in CANDIDATE, 12 score 7 points, the group's best. DATE, DATA and EDIT are the ones most people know.
CAD and CID are the top 3-letter words made with CANDIDATE letters, 6 points each. CAN, ADD and DID will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CANDIDATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
What CANDIDATE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CANDIDATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANDIDATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 164 | 217 | 148 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: DEDICANT, AIDANCE, DICTED, CANDIE, CIDED, DECAD, ANETIC, CAAED, CADIE, DAINED, DANTED, DIACT and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: CNIDAE, DACITE, DECANI, NIDATED, CENTAI, CNIDA, DECAN, NIDATE, TACAN, ACAI, IDENT, DENI and 4 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of CANDIDATE and one more.