Unscramble LEGITIMATE to get 205 words. LEGITIMATE itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is MITIGATE, 11 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
L12E1G23I1T1I1M34A1T1E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LEGITIMATE split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 8 with 7, 19 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 9 letters.
5 of 33 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LEGITIMATE tie at 8 points; none scores more. EMAIL, IMAGE and TITLE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with LEGITIMATE letters, the top score is 7, reached by 7. TIME, MAIL and ITEM are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LEGITIMATE tie at 6 points; none scores more. GET, LET and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LEGITIMATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with LE · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MITIGATE (11 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LEGITIMATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEGITIMATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 205) | 168 | 205 | 159 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
37 of the 205 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LEGITIM, GEMEL, MATTIE, MIELIE, AILETTE, EGMA, TAIGLE, TEAGLE, ETAGE, GAITT, GILET, LEAM and 25 more. 9 of the 205 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GALETTE, EMAIL, GLAM, MEGA, ATIGI, MEG, GITE, GI and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of LEGITIMATE spell the words below.