Unscramble ILLUMINATED and you have 349 words, ILLUMINATED itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ILLUMINATED by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 7 with 9, 13 with 8, 53 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in ILLUMINATED: ILLUMINATE, for 12 points.
22 of 53 7-letter words from ILLUMINATED tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIMITED and TALLIED will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words in ILLUMINATED, the top score is 9, reached by 31. MINUTE, MENTAL and ALUMNI are the familiar ones.
33 of 60 5-letter words made with ILLUMINATED letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. EMAIL, MEDIA and METAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUMINATED, 18 score 7 points, the group's best. MAIL, ITEM and MADE are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 3-letter words from ILLUMINATED tie at 6 points; none scores more. END, MAN and MEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ILLUMINATED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IL · ending in ED · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ALUMINIDE, DENTALIUM, ILLUMINED and UNLIMITED (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ILLUMINATED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUMINATED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 349) | 296 | 349 | 280 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: LIMNAEID, MINIATED, TIDEMILL, IDEATUM, LUMINED, MUNITED, TAEDIUM, UNLIMED, DEMAIN, DUMELA, LIMELIT, MAELID and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: ALUMINIDE, UNMAILED, UNMALTED, LUNITIDAL, UNTIMED, ADMIN, DUALLIE, EMAIL, DUM, LUMA, MANI, TUM and 4 more.