Unscramble FESTINATE to get 265 words. FESTINATE itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. FAINTEST and FEINTEST are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FESTINATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 13 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Among 40 6-letter words from FESTINATE, the top score is 9, reached by 16. ESTATE, SENATE and TITANS are the familiar ones.
33 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FESTINATE tie at 8 points; none scores more. SAINT, SATIN and FEAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FESTINATE, 37 score 7 points, the group's best. EAST, FAST and FINE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from FESTINATE, the top score is 6, reached by 18. SEE, ITS and SET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of FESTINATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with FE · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FAINTEST (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FESTINATE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FESTINATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 265) | 178 | 264 | 164 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 86 of them: FEINTEST, FANSITE, NAIFEST, EFTEST, FAINES, FASTIE, FETTAS, FIENTS, FITNAS, FITTES, NEAFES, NEFAST and 74 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: FESTA, TAENITES, FEST, TAENITE, FES, SEITAN, STATIN, TENESI, FE, ESNE, ATS, EST and 2 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
These 2 words take every letter of FESTINATE plus a single extra one.