Unscramble EXAMINATE to get 205 words. EXAMINATE itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. EXAMINATE has 1 anagram here, EXANIMATE, scoring 18 like EXAMINATE itself. 4 shorter words score 16, among them EXAMINE, MEATAXE and TAXIMAN. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from EXAMINATE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 12 with 7, 19 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 8 letters.
4 of 37 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EXAMINATE tie at 14 points; none scores more. ANIME, MEANT and MANIA will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXAMINATE, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. TIME, NAME and NEXT are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from EXAMINATE, MAX and MIX tie for first at 12 points. MAN, MEN and TAX are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of EXAMINATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with EX · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EXAMINE, TAXIMAN and TAXIMEN (16 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EXAMINATE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXAMINATE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 205) | 160 | 204 | 154 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 205 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXAMINATE, MEATAXE, MIXEN, MIXTE, EXTINE, EXEAT, TEX, ENTAME, MANATI, TAMINE, AMATE, AMENE and 32 more. 6 of the 205 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TIX, AMENTA, MANAT, MANI, TEIN and TE. 1 of the 205 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: AMEX.
This word takes every letter of EXAMINATE plus a single extra one.