Unscramble ELIMINATE and you have 240 words, ELIMINATE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 6 of them, TIMELINE, ILMENITE and LINEMATE included. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ELIMINATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 10 with 7, 29 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
29 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ELIMINATE; 21 of them share the top score of 8. MENTAL, ENAMEL and MANTLE are everyday picks.
Of the 50 5-letter words from ELIMINATE, 25 score 7 points, the group's best. EMAIL, METAL and LIMIT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from ELIMINATE; 47 of them share the top score of 6. TIME, NAME and MAIL are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in ELIMINATE, the top score is 5, reached by 19. MAN, MEN and LET are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of ELIMINATE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with EL · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ILMENITE, LINEMATE, MELANITE, MELINITE and TIMELINE (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ELIMINATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIMINATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 195 | 240 | 188 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
45 of the 240 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MENILITE, MANTEEL, MINIATE, ENTAME, MIELIE, TAMINE, AMENE, ELMEN, MANET, MEANE, MEINT, TAMIN and 33 more. 7 of the 240 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LINEMATE, MELENA, EMAIL, LENITE, MANI, INTEL and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of ELIMINATE and one more.