Unscramble ILLUSTRATE to get 344 words. ILLUSTRATE itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
I1L12L12U12S1T1R1A1T1E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ILLUSTRATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 17 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUSTRATE come to 60, each scoring 7 points. LITERAL, STELLAR and RITUALS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words from ILLUSTRATE scores 6. LITTLE, LATEST and RESULT are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words in ILLUSTRATE come to 60, each scoring 5 points. LEAST, LATER and LASER are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words made with ILLUSTRATE letters score 4 points. LAST, EAST and ARTS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUSTRATE scores 3. ARE, ALL and ITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ILLUSTRATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IL · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LITERATUS and TAILLEURS (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ILLUSTRATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUSTRATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 344) | 272 | 343 | 258 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
71 of the 344 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RUELLIAS, SITTELLA, TALLITES, TESTRILL, TRIELLAS, ARILLUS, ASTUTER, LUTITES, RUELLIA, SITELLA, SITULAE, SLATTER and 59 more. 14 of the 344 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SURTITLE, LATTERS, TALLITS, ARTSIE, AUTIST, LITEST, LITES, ARIE, LATU, LIAS, ATS, EST and 2 more. 1 of the 344 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 2 words take every letter of ILLUSTRATE plus a single extra one.