Unscramble INNOVATOR and you have 171 words, INNOVATOR itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from INNOVATOR by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 13 with 6, 24 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 16 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in INNOVATOR: NOVATION, 11 points.
Among 24 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INNOVATOR, the top score is 8, reached by 4. TRAIN, RATIO and INTRO are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words in INNOVATOR; 13 of them share the top score of 7. ANTI, ROOT and IRON are everyday picks.
Among 54 3-letter words made with INNOVATOR letters, the top score is 6, reached by 12. NOT, ART and TOO are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of INNOVATOR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in OR · all 9-letter words
INNOVATOR first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
INNOVATOR works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INNOVATOR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 171) | 129 | 170 | 118 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 171 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVATOR, VORANT, VITRO, RIVA, RIVO, VANT, VINT, VOAR, VROT, RAV, VOR, ARIOT and 29 more. 11 of the 171 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NAV, VIN, RONIN, NANO, NONI, TIAN, ARO, ONO, RAI, ROO and OI. 1 of the 171 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
With one more tile, the letters of INNOVATOR spell the words below.