186 words come out when you unscramble GLUTAMATE, starting with GLUTAMATE itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
G23L12U12T1A1M34A1T1E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GLUTAMATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 13 with 6, 30 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 30 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GLUTAMATE, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. METAL, MATTE and ALGAE are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 4-letter words from GLUTAMATE tie at 7 points; none scores more. GAME, TEAM and MALE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from GLUTAMATE, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. GET, LET and AGE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of GLUTAMATE for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with GL · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GAMETAL and METATAG (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. GLUTAMATE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLUTAMATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 148 | 186 | 135 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
38 of the 186 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GLAUM, MATATU, MULGA, TAGMA, ALGATE, AMATE, AMAUT, EGMA, TALMA, AMLA, GALUT, GULET and 26 more. 13 of the 186 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GAMETAL, METATAG, GLAM, MEGA, TEGULA, GLUTE, LUMA, MEG, AGLU, TEGU, TUM, LATU and 1 more.
These 2 words take every letter of GLUTAMATE plus a single extra one.