Unscramble INSTITUTE and you have 146 words, INSTITUTE itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
I1N12S1T1I1T1U12T1E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from INSTITUTE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 8 with 7, 12 with 6, 29 with 5, 45 with 4, 33 with 3 and 15 with 2.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INSTITUTE come to 29, each scoring 5 points. UNITS, SUITE and TUNES are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 45 4-letter words made with INSTITUTE letters scores 4. SITE, TEST and UNIT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of INSTITUTE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with NITTIEST (8 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
INSTITUTE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSTITUTE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 146) | 122 | 146 | 112 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TINTIEST, SITTINE, TUNIEST, UNITISE, ETTINS, INTUSE, TINIES, ETTIN, INUST, SIENT, SUENT, ENTS and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: STENT, TEINS, TEIN, UNIS, UTES, EST, TES, UNI, UTE and TE, 10 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of INSTITUTE and one more.