Unscramble GLACIATES to get 271 words. GLACIATES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: AGELASTIC. GELASTIC, GESTICAL and GLACIATE are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from GLACIATES by length: 2 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 23 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Among 23 7-letter words from GLACIATES, the top score is 10, reached by 5. ELASTIC is the familiar one.
GESTIC, GLACES and GLACIS are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GLACIATES, 9 points each. CASTLE and CLEATS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from GLACIATES, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. SCALE, GATES and SLICE are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 4-letter words in GLACIATES tie at 7 points; none scores more. CASE, CAST and AGES will look familiar.
CAG and CIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words made with GLACIATES letters. GET, ITS and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GLACIATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GL · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What GLACIATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
GLACIATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLACIATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 207 | 271 | 184 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
64 of the 271 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AGELASTIC, GELASTIC, ALGESIC, ALGETIC, SALICETA, SCAGLIA, ASTELIC, ECTASIA, SALICET, ACATES, AGATISE, AGELAST and 52 more. 23 of the 271 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CLEGS, GELATIS, ACAIS, AGITAS, CIGS, CLEG, CLITS, ETICS, ACAI, AGITA, CALS, CIG and 11 more.
These 4 words take every letter of GLACIATES plus a single extra one.