Unscramble LEGITIMATES and you have 352 words, LEGITIMATES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LEGITIMATE leads with 13 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LEGITIMATES split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 6 with 9, 25 with 8, 53 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
LEGITIMATE is the only one of the 10-letter words in LEGITIMATES; it scores 13 points.
Of the 25 8-letter words from LEGITIMATES, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. ESTIMATE and MITIGATE are the ones most people know.
11 of 53 7-letter words you get when you unscramble LEGITIMATES tie at 10 points; none scores more. MILEAGE and IMITATE will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from LEGITIMATES, the top score is 9, reached by 13. IMAGES, LIMITS and EMAILS are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words in LEGITIMATES; 12 of them share the top score of 8. EMAIL, ITEMS and GAMES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with LEGITIMATES letters, 13 score 7 points, the group's best. MAIL, ITEM and GAME are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LEGITIMATES; 5 of them share the top score of 6. GET, AGE and GAS are everyday picks.
These 5 words have the length of LEGITIMATES, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with LE · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GLEAMIEST and MITIGATES (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LEGITIMATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEGITIMATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 352) | 279 | 352 | 257 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LEGITIMS, EGALITIES, ETATISME, LEGITIM, ATIMIES, ELEGIAST, GEMELS, MALTESE, MATTIES, MIELIES, SMITTLE, STEMLET and 61 more, 73 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MELTIEST, GALETTES, MATIEST, STEAMIE, EMAILS, GALETTE, GELATIS, GLAMS, TAGETES, ATIGIS, EMAIL, GLAM and 10 more, 22 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of LEGITIMATES spell the words below.