Unscramble ELASTICATE and you have 290 words, ELASTICATE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 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 ELASTICATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 12 with 8, 27 with 7, 50 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
27 7-letter words in ELASTICATE; 23 of them share the top score of 9. ELASTIC, LATTICE and ACETATE are everyday picks.
Among 50 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ELASTICATE, the top score is 8, reached by 26. ESTATE, SELECT and LATEST are the familiar ones.
48 of 60 5-letter words from ELASTICATE tie at 7 points; none scores more. SCALE, ELITE and ATLAS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ELASTICATE, 42 score 6 points, the group's best. CASE, EAST and CAST are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from ELASTICATE; 16 of them share the top score of 5. SEE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ELASTICATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EL · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ACETATES, CATTAILS, ESCALATE, LACTATES, LATTICES, STATICAL, TALCIEST and TELECAST (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: ELASTICATE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELASTICATE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 227 | 290 | 212 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
63 of the 290 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ELASTICATE, SALICETA, ASTELIC, ECTASIA, SALICET, SALTCAT, SELECTA, TIETACS, ACATES, AILETTES, CITALS, LACETS and 51 more. 15 of the 290 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TALCIEST, ACAIS, AETATIS, CLITS, ETICS, ACAI, CALS, CLIT, LITEST, TECS, CAL, TEC and 3 more.
These 4 words take every letter of ELASTICATE plus a single extra one.