Unscramble ELIMINATES and you have 368 words, ELIMINATES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from ELIMINATES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 9 with 9, 29 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
25 of 29 8-letter words in ELIMINATES tie at 10 points; none scores more. TIMELINE and AILMENTS will look familiar.
60 7-letter words from ELIMINATES; 47 of them share the top score of 9. INMATES, ENTAILS and SEMINAL are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ELIMINATES come to 60, each scoring 8 points. MENTAL, LIMITS and EMAILS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words in ELIMINATES scores 7. EMAIL, ITEMS and MEANS are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 4-letter words made with ELIMINATES letters score 6 points. MAIL, ITEM and MAIN are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ELIMINATES; 27 of them share the top score of 5. ITS, MAN and MEN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ELIMINATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EL · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by AMENITIES, ILMENITES, LINEMATES, MELANITES, MELINITES and TIMELINES (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ELIMINATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIMINATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 368) | 287 | 368 | 271 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MENILITES, MANTEELS, MELANISE, MENILITE, MINIATES, SEMINATE, STEELMAN, ATIMIES, ENTAMES, ISLEMAN, ISLEMEN, MAINEST and 69 more, 81 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LINEMATES, LINEMATE, MILESIAN, MELENAS, NEMESIA, STEAMIE, EMAILS, MELENA, EMAIL, LENITES, MANIS, MANI and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ELIMINATES and one more.