Unscramble ILLUMINATE and you have 295 words, ILLUMINATE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from ILLUMINATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 3 with 8, 21 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUMINATE, 40 score 8 points, the group's best. MINUTE, MENTAL and ALUMNI are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUMINATE; 35 of them share the top score of 7. EMAIL, METAL and LIMIT are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from ILLUMINATE, the top score is 6, reached by 57. TIME, NAME and MAIL are the familiar ones.
25 of 60 3-letter words in ILLUMINATE tie at 5 points; none scores more. ALL, MAN and MEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ILLUMINATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IL · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ILLUMINE, MINUTIAE and MINUTIAL (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ILLUMINATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUMINATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 295) | 244 | 294 | 235 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: LIMELIT, MINIATE, NUTMEAL, LIMAIL, LUMINE, MILLIE, MUNITE, TAMINE, UNLIME, UNTEAM, AUMIL, MANET and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: EMAIL, MULIE, LUMA, MANI, INTEL, TUILE, TUM, LUN and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: MULTI.
With one more tile, the letters of ILLUMINATE spell the words below.