Unscramble FEDERATED and you have 196 words, FEDERATED itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DEFEATED leads with 13 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Counting the words from FEDERATED by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 5 with 7, 28 with 6, 45 with 5, 56 with 4, 40 with 3 and 17 with 2.
FARDED scores highest among the 6-letter words from FEDERATED at 11 points, ahead of DAFTER and DEAFER on 10. DEFEAT, TRADED and FEEDER are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FEDERATED, FADED leads with 10 points, then DEFAT and DEFER on 9. AFTER, TRADE and RATED are the familiar ones.
Of the 56 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FEDERATED, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. FREE, DATE and READ are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FEDERATED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FE · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
What FEDERATED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FEDERATED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEDERATED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 156 | 196 | 150 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
40 of the 196 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FEATED, FEERED, DEARED, DEEDER, EARDED, FEARE, FEART, FRATE, FREET, TERFE, ADRED, AREDD and 28 more. 6 of the 196 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TEREFA, TREFA, DEF, FE, DA and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of FEDERATED plus a single extra one.