Unscramble MACULATES and you have 288 words, MACULATES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from MACULATES split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
11 of 23 7-letter words in MACULATES tie at 11 points; none scores more. CALUMET will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MACULATES, 19 score 10 points, the group's best. ACTUAL, MUSCLE and CASTLE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from MACULATES; 18 of them share the top score of 9. CAUSE, ACUTE and CAMEL are everyday picks.
15 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MACULATES tie at 8 points; none scores more. CASE, CAME and CAST will look familiar.
CAM, CUM and MAC share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words from MACULATES. ACT, CUT and CAT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MACULATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What MACULATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MACULATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACULATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 221 | 288 | 208 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
67 of the 288 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MUCATES, CLAMES, LACMUS, MASCLE, MUCATE, SCAMEL, ACTUALS, ACUATES, CAMUS, CAUMS, CAUTELS, CLAME and 55 more. 13 of the 288 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CUMS, SALUME, LUMAS, CALS, LUMA, CAL, MES, TEC, TUM, UMS, ATS, EST and 1 more.
This word takes every letter of MACULATES plus a single extra one.