380 words come out when you unscramble ILLUSTRATED, starting with ILLUSTRATED itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ILLUSTRATED by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 6 with 9, 41 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
STRIDULATE tops the 10-letter words made with ILLUSTRATED letters at 11 points; next comes ILLUSTRATE on 10.
24 of 41 8-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUSTRATED tie at 9 points; none scores more. SITUATED, LATITUDE and RESIDUAL will look familiar.
All 60 of the 7-letter words from ILLUSTRATED score 8 points. DETAILS, STARTED and STALLED are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words in ILLUSTRATED scores 7. DETAIL, ADULTS and LADIES are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words made with ILLUSTRATED letters come to 60, each scoring 6 points. ADULT, DEALS and DATES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUSTRATED score 5 points. DATE, EDIT and IDEA are the ones most people know.
33 of 60 3-letter words from ILLUSTRATED tie at 4 points; none scores more. ARE, ALL and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ILLUSTRATED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IL · ending in ED · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ALTITUDES, LATITUDES and LUSTRATED (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ILLUSTRATED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUSTRATED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 380) | 308 | 380 | 287 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RUTILATED, DULLIEST, LURIDEST, STRAITED, UDALLERS, ASTERID, DEASIUL, DISLEAL, DULLIER, LALDIES, REDUITS, RUELLIAS and 60 more, 72 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DUALLIES, STATURED, TRIALLED, DUALISE, DUALLIE, ILLUDES, SURTITLE, AUDIST, DISEUR, ILLUDE, ATTED, DELTS and 9 more, 21 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ILLUSTRATED and one more.