Unscramble CILIATES and you have 226 words, CILIATES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of CILIATES is on the page: SILICATE, each 10 points. 8 letters: 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 CILIATES split into 2 with 8 letters, 10 with 7, 20 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 20 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CILIATES, 17 score 8 points, the group's best. CITIES, CASTLE and ITALIC are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from CILIATES; 38 of them share the top score of 7. LEAST, SCALE and TALES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from CILIATES, 35 score 6 points, the group's best. LAST, CASE and EAST are the ones most people know.
14 of 56 3-letter words in CILIATES tie at 5 points; none scores more. ITS, SET and LET will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of CILIATES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with CI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
CILIATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CILIATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CILIATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 187 | 226 | 173 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
39 of the 226 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASTELIC, SALICET, CITALS, ILICES, LACETS, SCLATE, CIELS, CITAL, CLAES, CLATS, CLIES, ICTAL and 27 more. 14 of the 226 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CEILIS, CEILI, CLITS, ETICS, CALS, CLIT, TECS, CAL, LITES, TEC, ATS, EST and 2 more.
With one more tile, the letters of CILIATES spell the words below.