243 words come out when you unscramble ILLEGITIMATE, starting with ILLEGITIMATE itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from ILLEGITIMATE by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 5 with 8, 18 with 7, 36 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 11 or 9 letters.
LEGITIMATE is the only one of the 10-letter words made with ILLEGITIMATE letters; it scores 13 points.
36 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLEGITIMATE; 4 of them share the top score of 9. LITTLE, MILLET and MALLET are everyday picks.
Among 41 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLEGITIMATE, the top score is 8, reached by 5. EMAIL, IMAGE and TITLE are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words from ILLEGITIMATE tie at 7 points; none scores more. TIME, MAIL and ITEM will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in ILLEGITIMATE, the top score is 6, reached by 5. ALL, GET and LET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ILLEGITIMATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with IL · ending in TE · all 12-letter words
ILLEGITIMATE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ILLEGITIMATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLEGITIMATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 243) | 199 | 243 | 189 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LEGITIM, LIMELIT, MELLITE, GEMEL, LIMAIL, MATTIE, MIELIE, MILLIE, AILETTE, EGMA, GILLET, LEGLET and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MEGILLA, GALETTE, EMAIL, GLAM, MEGA, ATIGI, MEG, GITE, GI and TE, 10 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of ILLEGITIMATE plus a single extra one.