Unscramble LIGATES to get 208 words. LIGATES itself is a real word: 8 points on a Scrabble board, 10 in Words With Friends. 4 anagrams of LIGATES are on the page: AGILEST, AIGLETS, GELATIS and TAIGLES, each 8 points. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. LIGATES as a single 7-tile play makes 58 in Scrabble, 8 plus the 50 bonus, and 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from LIGATES split into 5 with 7 letters, 14 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 49 5-letter words from LIGATES, the top score is 6, reached by 25. LEAST, STAGE and TALES are the familiar ones.
37 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGATES tie at 5 points; none scores more. LAST, EAST and LATE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from LIGATES, 20 score 4 points, the group's best. GET, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of LIGATES, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
LIGATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LIGATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIGATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 170 | 208 | 157 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AGILEST, TAIGLES, GILETS, TAIGLE, GEALS, GEATS, GEIST, GEITS, GILAS, GILET, GLEIS, GLITS and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GELATIS, GITES, SIGLA, GITE, LITES, AGS, GIS, SIG, ATS, EST, GI, TES and 1 more, 13 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of LIGATES plus a single extra one.