256 words come out when you unscramble MOTIVATES, starting with MOTIVATES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. MOTIVATE is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MOTIVATES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 17 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
MOTIVATE is the only one of the 8-letter words made with MOTIVATES letters; it scores 13 points.
7 of 30 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MOTIVATES tie at 11 points; none scores more. MOVIES, SOVIET and MOTIVE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from MOTIVATES; 7 of them share the top score of 10. ITEMS, TIMES and MOVIE are everyday picks.
MOVE, VIMS and VOMS share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MOTIVATES. MOST, ITEM and SAVE are the ones most people know.
VIM and VOM are the top 3-letter words from MOTIVATES, 8 points each. ITS, MET and EAT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of MOTIVATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
MOTIVATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MOTIVATES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTIVATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 192 | 256 | 177 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 64 of them: AMOVES, VOEMAS, AMOVE, VOEMA, MATTIES, MOTIEST, MOTTIES, OSMIATE, OVATES, SATIVE, TITMOSE, VOMS and 52 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: MATIEST, STEVIA, OATIEST, EMOS, OMAS, SEV, TATSOI, EMO, MES, MOI, OMA, SOM and 3 more.