Unscramble COLLIGATE and you have 229 words, COLLIGATE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 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 COLLIGATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 30 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
CALIGO, GALLIC and GOETIC share the top score of 9 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COLLIGATE. LOCATE, LOCALE and GOALIE are the ones most people know.
4 of 42 5-letter words from COLLIGATE tie at 8 points; none scores more. LOCAL, LEGAL and LOGIC will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in COLLIGATE, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. CALL, CELL and GATE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with COLLIGATE letters, CAG, CIG and COG tie for first at 6 points. ALL, GET and GOT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of COLLIGATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COLLEGIA (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. COLLIGATE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLIGATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 182 | 229 | 167 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: ALGETIC, CATELOG, ELLAGIC, CALIGO, GOETIC, ALLICE, CAGOT, CAILLE, COGIE, CITAL, CLOTE, COATE and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: GELCOAT, CLEG, LOCIE, TELCO, CIG, CLIT, CAL, ECO, GITE, LOC, OLLIE, TEC and 3 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of COLLIGATE and one more.