159 words come out when you unscramble EMERITAE, starting with EMERITAE itself: 10 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 9 points, EMIRATE, EMERITA and EREMITE among them. The 8 letters split into 5 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from EMERITAE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 12 with 6, 33 with 5, 49 with 4, 41 with 3 and 18 with 2.
24 of 33 5-letter words from EMERITAE tie at 7 points; none scores more. METER, TIMER and MERIT will look familiar.
Of the 49 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EMERITAE, 32 score 6 points, the group's best. TIME, ITEM and RATE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EMERITAE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EM · ending in AE · all 8-letter words
What EMERITAE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EMERITAE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMERITAE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 130 | 158 | 124 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
28 of the 159 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEAMER, TREMIE, EATERIE, MAIRE, MEARE, REAME, RIMAE, TREMA, MEER, MERI, RIEM, RIMA and 16 more. 6 of the 159 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MATIER, AMRIT, TREM, ARIE, RAI and TE. 1 of the 159 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
This word takes every letter of EMERITAE plus a single extra one.