Unscramble CORTICATE and you have 234 words, CORTICATE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 11, among them ACROTIC, CEROTIC and CREATIC. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CORTICATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 13 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
27 6-letter words in CORTICATE; 9 of them share the top score of 10. EROTIC, ROTATE and TACTIC are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from CORTICATE, the top score is 9, reached by 10. RATIO, ACTOR and TRACE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CORTICATE; 4 of them share the top score of 8. CARE, RATE and CART are everyday picks.
17 of 56 3-letter words made with CORTICATE letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, CAR and ART will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CORTICATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACROTIC, CEROTIC, ECTATIC, ORECTIC and TOCCATE (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CORTICATE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORTICATE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 192 | 233 | 174 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 234 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CREATIC, ACCITE, CEROC, CRAIC, RECCO, TICCA, ECCO, TERCIO, TIETAC, TRIACT, ARTIC, COATE and 29 more. 18 of the 234 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CORTICATE, OCICAT, ATRETIC, RECOAT, RECIT, ACRO, CERT, CRIA, CRIT, OATIER, ECO, TEC and 6 more. 1 of the 234 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 3 words take every letter of CORTICATE plus a single extra one.