47 words come out when you unscramble CRATE, starting with CRATE itself: 7 in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends. It has 6 anagrams, each with the same 7 points: CARET, CARTE, CATER, REACT, RECTA and TRACE. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CRATE by length: 7 with 5 letters, 12 with 4, 19 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of CRATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with CR · ending in TE · all 5-letter words
The meaning of CRATE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CRATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 47) | 44 | 47 | 41 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACER, ARET and EA, 3 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CERT, TEC and TE, 3 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of CRATE plus a single extra one.