374 words come out when you unscramble MERCURATING, starting with MERCURATING itself: 16 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are MUTAGENIC, CENTIGRAM and CREMATING, 14 points each. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MERCURATING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 9 with 9, 32 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Of the 32 8-letter words made with MERCURATING letters, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. ARGUMENT, CREATING and MAGNETIC are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words from MERCURATING; 4 of them share the top score of 12. CERTAIN, NUMERIC and GARMENT are everyday picks.
MACING scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MERCURATING at 11 points, ahead of ACETUM and ACMITE on 10. ACTING, CINEMA and MARGIN are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from MERCURATING, GAMIC and MAGIC tie for first at 10 points. IMAGE, CRIME and ANIME are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in MERCURATING, the top score is 8, reached by 13. GAME, CARE and CART are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words made with MERCURATING letters; 4 of them share the top score of 7. CAN, CAR and MAN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of MERCURATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with ME · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CENTIGRAM, CREMATING and MUTAGENIC (14 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MERCURATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCURATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 374) | 301 | 374 | 277 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ARCMINUTE, CAUMING, MUCIGEN, CITRANGE, CREMANT, EMICANT, MATRICE, MAUNGIER, MINCEUR, RAGTIMER, RECURING, ACMITE and 61 more, 73 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CERIMAN, MATRIC, METICA, GNETUM, CAMI, MERC, AMRIT, CAURI, CENTU, GUAC, MARG, MEGA and 12 more, 24 in all.