Unscramble FORMICATE and you have 261 words, FORMICATE itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from FORMICATE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
FORMIATE is the only one of the 8-letter words in FORMICATE; it scores 13 points.
Among the 6-letter words from FORMICATE, COMFIT and FORMIC tie for first at 13 points. FORMAT, FACTOR and EROTIC are everyday picks.
MAFIC scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FORMICATE at 12 points, ahead of CRAFT and CROFT on 10. AFTER, FORCE and FRAME are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FORMICATE, the top score is 9, reached by 16. FORM, COME and FACT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from FORMICATE, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. CAR, ACT and MAR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of FORMICATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with FO · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACIFORM, COMFIER and FORMICA (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts FORMICATE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORMICATE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 261) | 207 | 259 | 183 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: FORMICATE, FORMIATE, FICTOR, FORCAT, FREMIT, MATRICE, ACMITE, AMORCE, CAMOTE, COMART, FECIT, FRACT and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 25 of them: FORMICA, FRICOT, MATRIC, METICA, CAF, CAMI, CAMO, FAM, IFTAR, MATIER, MERC, OMERTA and 13 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: EMF. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.
These 3 words take every letter of FORMICATE plus a single extra one.