Unscramble ILLUMINATES to get 378 words. ILLUMINATES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ILLUMINATE, MULTILANES and MULTILINES, 12 points each. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ILLUMINATES split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 10, 5 with 9, 35 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
Every one of the 3 10-letter words in ILLUMINATES scores 12. ILLUMINATE is an everyday pick.
27 of 35 8-letter words from ILLUMINATES tie at 10 points; none scores more. SIMULATE and AILMENTS will look familiar.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUMINATES scores 9. MINUTES and INMATES are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUMINATES come to 60, each scoring 8 points. MENTAL, LIMITS and ALUMNI are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from ILLUMINATES scores 7. EMAIL, ITEMS and MEANS are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in ILLUMINATES come to 60, each scoring 6 points. MAIL, ITEM and MAIN are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words made with ILLUMINATES letters; 36 of them share the top score of 5. ALL, MAN and MEN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of ILLUMINATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with IL · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ALUMINISE and ILLUMINES (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ILLUMINATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUMINATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 378) | 310 | 378 | 294 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MULTILINES, MINIATES, MUSLINET, NUTMEALS, STALLMEN, ATIMIES, EMULSIN, ISLEMAN, LIMAILS, LIMELIT, LUMINES, MAINEST and 56 more, 68 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MULTILANES, ALUMINISE, MILESIAN, SLIMLINE, SANTIMU, EMAILS, EMAIL, LUMAS, MANIS, LUMA, MANI, MES and 4 more, 16 in all.