Unscramble MERITOCRATS to get 406 words. MERITOCRATS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of MERITOCRATS is on the page: ASTROMETRIC, each 15 points. Of the shorter words, MERITOCRAT, MICROSTATE and MISCREATOR lead with 14 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MERITOCRATS by length: 2 with 11 letters, 5 with 10, 12 with 9, 56 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
MERITOCRATS and 1 anagram, ASTROMETRIC, make up the 11-letter words made with MERITOCRATS letters; each scores 15 points.
Among the 10-letter words in MERITOCRATS, MERITOCRAT, MICROSTATE and MISCREATOR tie for first at 14 points.
56 8-letter words from MERITOCRATS; 12 of them share the top score of 12. RESTRICT, MATRICES and CREATORS are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words made with MERITOCRATS letters, the top score is 11, reached by 28. CARRIES, METRICS and COASTER are the familiar ones.
43 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MERITOCRATS tie at 10 points; none scores more. ACTORS, CRIMES and ATOMIC will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from MERITOCRATS, the top score is 9, reached by 39. COMES, CRIME and CREAM are the familiar ones.
23 of 60 4-letter words in MERITOCRATS tie at 8 points; none scores more. CASE, CARE and COME will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with MERITOCRATS letters, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. CAR, ACT and MAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MERITOCRATS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with ME · ending in TS · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ASTROMETRIC (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MERITOCRATS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERITOCRATS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 406) | 318 | 406 | 276 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MISCREATOR, MASTICOT, MORRICES, MORTARIEST, TREMATIC, ACMITES, AMORCES, CAMOTES, COMARTS, CREMORS, CRETISM, ETACISM and 76 more, 88 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAMORRIST, MORTICERS, STROMATIC, MORTICER, MATRICS, METICAS, TORTRICES, TRIACTORS, COMSAT, EROTICAS, MATRIC, METICA and 30 more, 42 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of MERITOCRATS and one more.