Unscramble ELONGATES and you have 304 words, ELONGATES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 5 of them, ELONGATE, GASOLENE and SEGOLATE included. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ELONGATES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 32 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Of the 32 7-letter words in ELONGATES, 24 score 8 points, the group's best. ELEGANT, LONGEST and ONSTAGE are the ones most people know.
44 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ELONGATES tie at 7 points; none scores more. AGENTS, ANGELS and EAGLES will look familiar.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from ELONGATES scores 6. ALONG, AGENT and STAGE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in ELONGATES come to 60, each scoring 5 points. LONG, GETS and GOES are the familiar ones.
32 of 60 3-letter words made with ELONGATES letters tie at 4 points; none scores more. GET, GOT and LET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ELONGATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EL · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What ELONGATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ELONGATES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELONGATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 304) | 242 | 304 | 224 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEGOLATE, ALONGST, ENGAOLS, LANGEST, LENGEST, SANGEET, TEAGLES, ELANETS, ELOGES, ENGAOL, ETAGES, GEASON and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TELOGENS, TANGOES, TELOGEN, ANGLOS, LOANEES, TENGES, ANGLO, GEANS, GOEST, LOANEE, GEAN, NEGS and 6 more, 18 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of ELONGATES plus a single extra one.