Unscramble FORMICATES to get 360 words. FORMICATES itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is FORMICATE, 16 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from FORMICATES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 18 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
COMFIEST and FORMICAS are the top 8-letter words in FORMICATES, 15 points each. FORECAST and MATRICES will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FORMICATES, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. FACTORS, FORMATS and EROTICA are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words from FORMICATES are led by COMFIT, FORMIC and MAFICS, 13 points each. FORMAT, FACTOR and FORCES are the familiar ones.
MAFIC tops the 5-letter words in FORMICATES at 12 points; next come CAFES and COIFS on 10. FORCE, COMES and FORMS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with FORMICATES letters, 21 score 9 points, the group's best. FORM, COME and FAST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FORMICATES, the top score is 8, reached by 4. CAR, ACT and MAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of FORMICATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with FO · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COMFIEST and FORMICAS (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FORMICATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORMICATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 360) | 280 | 357 | 250 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
77 of the 360 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FORMICATES, FORMICATE, FORMIATES, FORMIATE, MAFICS, MORTSAFE, FARMOST, FICTORS, FORCATS, FREMITS, MISFARE, ACMITES and 65 more. 32 of the 360 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FORMICAS, FACTORISE, FORMICA, FRICOTS, FRICOT, MATRICS, METICAS, COMSAT, EROTICAS, AIRSOME, ATRESIC, CAFS and 20 more. 2 of the 360 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMFS and EMF. 1 of the 360 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of FORMICATES spell the words below.