Unscramble CLODPATE and you have 227 words, CLODPATE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are COAPTED and PEDOCAL, 12 points each. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CLODPATE split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
CAPED, COPED and PACED are the top 5-letter words from CLODPATE, 10 points each. PLACE, PLATE and ADOPT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CLODPATE, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. CODE, COLD and CAPE are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with CLODPATE letters; 5 of them share the top score of 7. TOP, ACT and LED are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of CLODPATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CL · ending in TE · all 8-letter words
What CLODPATE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CLODPATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLODPATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 189 | 227 | 175 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 38 of them: PEACOD, PLOATED, CAPLE, COLTED, OPALED, POLTED, APODE, APTED, CALP, PACO, PAEDO, PODAL and 26 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: CAPOT, PALEO, TELCO, DEP, APO, CAL, ECO, LOC, OPA, TEC, ODA, PO and 2 more.
These 6 words take every letter of CLODPATE plus a single extra one.