Unscramble INTIMIDATES and you have 362 words, INTIMIDATES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is INTIMIDATE, 13 points. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from INTIMIDATES split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 10 with 9, 19 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
INTIMIDATE tops the 10-letter words in INTIMIDATES at 13 points; next comes DIETITIANS on 11.
The best of the 9-letter words made with INTIMIDATES letters is INTIMATED, 12 points; AMINITIES and INTIMATES on 11 follow. INITIATED and INITIATES are everyday picks.
8 of 19 8-letter words from INTIMIDATES tie at 11 points; none scores more. INTIMATE and INITIATE will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble INTIMIDATES, 21 score 10 points, the group's best. INSTEAD, DISTANT and DENTIST are the ones most people know.
33 of 60 6-letter words in INTIMIDATES tie at 9 points; none scores more. MEDIAN, MAIDEN and ADMITS will look familiar.
60 5-letter words made with INTIMIDATES letters; 35 of them share the top score of 8. ITEMS, MEDIA and MEANS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble INTIMIDATES, 18 score 7 points, the group's best. NAME, ITEM and MADE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from INTIMIDATES, the top score is 6, reached by 5. END, MAN and MEN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of INTIMIDATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IN · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with INTIMATED (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INTIMIDATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTIMIDATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 362) | 302 | 362 | 284 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INTIMISTE, MINIATED, TIDESMAN, DEMAINS, IMITANTS, MINIATES, MISDIET, SMITTED, ATIMIES, DEMAIN, DEMANS, DISMAN and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DAMNEST, ADMINS, DEMIST, MATIEST, ADMIN, NIDATES, SANTIM, SATINED, MANIS, MEDS, MANI, MES and 6 more, 18 in all.