Unscramble EMICATES to get 216 words. EMICATES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EMICATES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 17 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 52 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EMICATES, the top score is 9, reached by 10. ITEMS, TIMES and TEAMS are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 4-letter words from EMICATES tie at 8 points; none scores more. ITEM, CASE and SAME will look familiar.
The 3-letter words made with EMICATES letters are led by CAM, MAC and MIC, 7 points each. SEE, ITS and SET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EMICATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EM · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EMETICS, METICAS and SEMATIC (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: EMICATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMICATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 168 | 216 | 153 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
48 of the 216 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMICATES, ACMITES, EMICATE, ETACISM, MICATES, ACMITE, CAMESE, METICS, MICATE, EMACS, METIC, MATIES and 36 more. 15 of the 216 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: METICAS, METICA, CAMIS, EMICS, STEAMIE, CAMI, MICS, ETICS, MIC, MES, TEC, ATS and 3 more.
These 11 words take every letter of EMICATES plus a single extra one.