387 words come out when you unscramble ILLUSTRATES, starting with ILLUSTRATES itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
I1L12L12U12S1T1R1A1T1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from ILLUSTRATES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 12 with 9, 49 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in ILLUSTRATES: ILLUSTRATE, for 10 points.
The 8-letter words from ILLUSTRATES come to 49, each scoring 8 points. LITERALS is the familiar one.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUSTRATES scores 7. RESULTS, ARTISTS and LITERAL are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUSTRATES score 6 points. LITTLE, LATEST and ARTIST are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words from ILLUSTRATES come to 60, each scoring 5 points. ISSUE, LEAST and LATER are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words in ILLUSTRATES scores 4. LAST, LESS and EAST are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with ILLUSTRATES letters come to 60, each scoring 3 points. ARE, ALL and ITS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ILLUSTRATES but one, change that one, and you get:
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 ALTRUISTS, LITERATUS, LUSTRATES, SULTRIEST, SURTITLES, TAILLEURS, TRAILLESS and ULTRAISTS (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ILLUSTRATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUSTRATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 387) | 306 | 386 | 288 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SITTELLAS, STATUSIER, TESTRILLS, RAILLESS, RUELLIAS, SITELLAS, SITTELLA, SLAISTER, SLATTERS, STILLERS, STILTERS, TALLITES and 68 more, 80 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SURTITLES, SURTITLE, TALLISES, ARTSIES, AUTISTS, LATTERS, ARTSIE, AUTIST, LIASES, LITEST, LASSI, ARIE and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
This word takes every letter of ILLUSTRATES plus a single extra one.