Unscramble ILLUMINATION to get 291 words. ILLUMINATION itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 12 points, ILLUMINANT, ILLUMINATI and ILLUMINATO among them. It has 12 letters, 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from ILLUMINATION by length: 1 with 12 letters, 4 with 10, 1 with 9, 12 with 8, 21 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 11 letters.
The 10-letter words made with ILLUMINATION letters come to 4, each scoring 12 points.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in ILLUMINATION: MINIATION, 11 points.
Among 21 7-letter words from ILLUMINATION, the top score is 9, reached by 14. MILLION, INITIAL and NOMINAL are the familiar ones.
44 6-letter words made with ILLUMINATION letters; 31 of them share the top score of 8. AMOUNT, NATION and ALUMNI are everyday picks.
34 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUMINATION tie at 7 points; none scores more. UNION, LIMIT and MOUNT will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from ILLUMINATION; 46 of them share the top score of 6. MAIL, MAIN and AUTO are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words in ILLUMINATION, 26 score 5 points, the group's best. NOT, ALL and OUT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ILLUMINATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with IL · ending in ON · all 12-letter words
ILLUMINATION first, then short meanings for the 5 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ILLUMINATION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUMINATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 291) | 227 | 290 | 214 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 63 of them: LUMINATION, MINIATION, ANTIMUON, LIMATION, LUMINANT, MILTONIA, MONILIAL, LIMAIL, LOLIUM, MONAUL, MONIAL, MONTAN and 51 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: ILLUMINATO, LAMININ, MONILIA, AMNIO, LOUMA, LUMA, MANI, MOI, OMA, TAUON, TUM, LUN and 1 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: MULTI.
Each word below uses all the letters of ILLUMINATION and one more.