Unscramble FEDERATE to get 164 words. FEDERATE itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 12 points: DEFEATER and REDEFEAT. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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By length, the words from FEDERATE split into 3 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 19 with 6, 34 with 5, 52 with 4, 38 with 3 and 17 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in FEDERATE: DRAFTEE, 11 points.
Among 19 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FEDERATE, the top score is 10, reached by 12. DEFEAT, FEEDER and FEARED are the familiar ones.
9 of 34 5-letter words from FEDERATE tie at 9 points; none scores more. AFTER, TRADE and RATED will look familiar.
52 4-letter words made with FEDERATE letters; 6 of them share the top score of 8. FREE, DATE and READ are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FEDERATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FE · ending in TE · all 8-letter words
What FEDERATE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. FEDERATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEDERATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 164) | 131 | 164 | 125 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: FEATED, FEERED, FEARE, FEART, FRATE, FREET, TERFE, FEER, TEERED, TERF, AREDE, DEARE and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: TEREFA, TREFA, DEF, FE, DA and TE.
These 8 words take every letter of FEDERATE plus a single extra one.