258 words come out when you unscramble INDICATOR, starting with INDICATOR itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 11, among them DIATONIC, ACTINOID and INDICTOR. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from INDICATOR by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 15 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
37 6-letter words from INDICATOR; 9 of them share the top score of 9. ACTION, CARTON and CATION are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INDICATOR, 16 score 8 points, the group's best. ACTOR, DRAIN and IDIOT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble INDICATOR; 10 of them share the top score of 7. CARD, CART and ICON are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from INDICATOR, the top score is 6, reached by 4. NOT, CAN and CAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of INDICATOR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in OR · all 9-letter words
INDICATOR first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INDICATOR, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDICATOR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 258) | 208 | 258 | 189 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: ACRIDIN, ARCTIID, ARCTOID, TIRONIC, AIRCON, CARDI, CRIANT, DIACT, DINIC, DORIC, DRACO, ONIRIC and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: CARDIO, CARDON, CORTINA, DACRON, CNIDA, RACINO, DONAIR, ACRO, ANDRO, CRIA, CRIT, ROTINI and 7 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of INDICATOR and one more.