285 words come out when you unscramble CUSPIDATE, starting with CUSPIDATE itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. CUSPATED and SPICATED are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CUSPIDATE split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
8 of 60 6-letter words from CUSPIDATE tie at 11 points; none scores more. UPDATE, CAUSED and DUTIES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CUSPIDATE, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. SPACE, CITED and ACIDS are the ones most people know.
18 of 60 4-letter words from CUSPIDATE tie at 8 points; none scores more. PICS, PAID and DISC will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in CUSPIDATE, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. ACT, PUT and CUT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CUSPIDATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CU · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CUSPATED and SPICATED (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CUSPIDATE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUSPIDATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 242 | 285 | 226 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
43 of the 285 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DISPACE, SCAUPED, ACIDEST, AUCEPS, PUCEST, CADIES, CASTED, CAUPS, DIACTS, EUPADS, PISTED, SCAPI and 31 more. 16 of the 285 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PACIEST, DACITES, CISTED, DACITE, SPECT, CUEIST, PEDIS, AUDIST, DEPS, PEDI, DEP, PST and 4 more.
These 7 words take every letter of CUSPIDATE plus a single extra one.