Unscramble INADEQUATE to get 238 words. INADEQUATE itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ADEQUATE and ANTIQUED, 18 points each. The 10 letters split into 6 vowels and 4 consonants.
I1N12A1D2E1Q10U12A1T1E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from INADEQUATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 30 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INADEQUATE are led by DIQUAT and QUITED, 16 points each. UNITED, EQUINE and QUAINT are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words from INADEQUATE is EQUID, 15 points; AQUAE and QANAT on 14 follow. QUITE, QUEEN and AUDIT are everyday picks.
4 of 60 4-letter words made with INADEQUATE letters tie at 14 points; none scores more. DATE, DATA and NEED will look familiar.
QAT, QIN and QUA share the top score of 12 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble INADEQUATE. END, NET and DUE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of INADEQUATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IN · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ADEQUATE and ANTIQUED (18 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. INADEQUATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INADEQUATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 238) | 178 | 238 | 166 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: QUITED, EQUANT, QUEINT, QUENA, QUINA, QUINE, QUAT, QIN, AIDANT, DETENU, EIDENT, IDEATA and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: QADI, QI, AUDITEE, DETUNE, NIDATE, IDENT, TENDU, DENI, DAN, DA, UNI and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of INADEQUATE spell the words below.