Unscramble MODERATOR and you have 258 words, MODERATOR itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
M34O1D2E1R1A1T1O1R1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MODERATOR by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 6 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
13 of 43 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MODERATOR tie at 9 points; none scores more. TRADER, ROOTED and MORTAR will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from MODERATOR; 10 of them share the top score of 8. ORDER, TRADE and RATED are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in MODERATOR, the top score is 7, reached by 12. MORE, DATE and MADE are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words made with MODERATOR letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and RED will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MODERATOR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MO · ending in OR · all 9-letter words
What MODERATOR means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MODERATOR, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MODERATOR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 258) | 211 | 258 | 202 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DROOME, TOOMED, AMORET, DROME, MARERO, MODER, MOTED, ODORATE, TOOMER, DARTRE, DOATER, DORTER and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OMERTA, RETROD, TREM, EMO, OMA, ODA, ARO, DA and TE, 9 in all.
This word takes every letter of MODERATOR plus a single extra one.