Unscramble NICTATES to get 253 words. NICTATES itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: CANTIEST, ENTASTIC and TETANICS. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from NICTATES by length: 4 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 38 6-letter words from NICTATES, 27 score 8 points, the group's best. STATIC, TITANS and INSECT are the ones most people know.
32 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NICTATES tie at 7 points; none scores more. STATE, SAINT and CENTS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from NICTATES, the top score is 6, reached by 34. CASE, EAST and NICE are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 3-letter words in NICTATES tie at 5 points; none scores more. CAN, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of NICTATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with NI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What NICTATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
NICTATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICTATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 202 | 253 | 188 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: CANTIEST, CANIEST, CANTEST, TIETACS, ANETIC, ENIACS, SCEATT, SCIENT, TIETAC, ENIAC, SCEAT, TANTIES and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: CENTAI, CENTAS, ETICS, SEITAN, STATIN, TECS, STENT, TEC, NAES, ATS, EST, SAN and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of NICTATES and one more.