Unscramble ELABORATOR and you have 264 words, ELABORATOR itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ARBOREAL and ARBORETA lead with 10 points. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from ELABORATOR by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 15 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among 43 6-letter words from ELABORATOR, the top score is 8, reached by 29. BARREL, REBOOT and ERRATA are the familiar ones.
45 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ELABORATOR tie at 7 points; none scores more. TABLE, LATER and LABOR will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from ELABORATOR, 44 score 6 points, the group's best. AREA, ABLE and LATE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words in ELABORATOR, the top score is 5, reached by 27. ARE, ART and LET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ELABORATOR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EL · ending in OR · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ARBOREAL and ARBORETA (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ELABORATOR is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELABORATOR itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 264) | 212 | 263 | 199 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ELABORATOR, AEROBOT, ARBORET, ALBERT, BAROLO, BARRAT, BATLER, BLATER, BORREL, ABEAR, ABLET, ABORE and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ABLATOR, AEROBAT, RETABLO, TOOLBAR, ROBATA, REALTOR, BEAL, ROOTLE, BAE, OBA, ARO, LOR and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: EBOLA.
Each word below uses all the letters of ELABORATOR and one more.