Unscramble INVALIDATE to get 281 words. INVALIDATE itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from INVALIDATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 8, 16 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 9 letters.
53 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INVALIDATE; 11 of them share the top score of 10. DETAIL, NATIVE and DENTAL are everyday picks.
16 of 60 5-letter words from INVALIDATE tie at 9 points; none scores more. VALID, DELTA and IDEAL will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in INVALIDATE; 12 of them share the top score of 8. DATE, DATA and LIVE are everyday picks.
DEV, DIV and VID are the top 3-letter words made with INVALIDATE letters, 7 points each. END, LET and VAN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INVALIDATE but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DILATIVE, DIVALENT, VALIDATE and VANITIED (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
INVALIDATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INVALIDATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 281) | 221 | 281 | 206 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: ANDVILE, AVALED, VINTED, AVAILE, AVANTI, AVITAL, DIVNA, VALETA, VENTIL, VILDE, AVALE, AVINE and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: VIDALIA, DEVI, LINTED, NIDATE, VID, VLEI, IDENT, LATINA, NAV, VIN, DELT, DENI and 3 more.
These 4 words take every letter of INVALIDATE plus a single extra one.