Unscramble ILLATIONS and you have 227 words, ILLATIONS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
I1L12L12A1T1I1O1N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ILLATIONS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 6 with 7, 21 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 23 with 2.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLATIONS come to 60, each scoring 5 points. STILL, LOANS and SAINT are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLATIONS scores 4. ALSO, LIST and LAST are everyday picks.
All 53 of the 3-letter words from ILLATIONS score 3 points. NOT, ALL and ITS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ILLATIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IL · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
ILLATIONS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ILLATIONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 190 | 227 | 180 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
37 of the 227 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STILLION, ALISON, ALLONS, OSTIAL, SIALON, ALLIS, INTIL, LANTS, LOAST, NATIS, NOLLS, OINTS and 25 more. 10 of the 227 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STANOL, LILOS, LOTSA, TALLS, TIANS, LIAS, LILO, ATS, SAN and OI.