Unscramble HEELPLATE and you have 141 words, HEELPLATE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 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 HEELPLATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 21 with 5, 54 with 4, 40 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in HEELPLATE: HEELTAP, for 12 points.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HEELPLATE is ALEPH, 10 points; EATHE and ETHAL on 8 follow. PLATE, LAPEL and LATHE are everyday picks.
Among 54 4-letter words from HEELPLATE, the top score is 9, reached by 6. HELP, TELL and LATE are the familiar ones.
Of the 40 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HEELPLATE, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. ALL, LET and PET are the ones most people know.
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HEELTAP (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HEELPLATE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEELPLATE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 117 | 141 | 114 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 24 of them: HEALEE, HEPT, LATHEE, LETHEE, EATHE, ETHAL, PELTAE, THALE, ELPEE, ETHE, HELE, HETE and 12 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: HEELPLATE, LAH and TE.
This word takes every letter of HEELPLATE plus a single extra one.