Unscramble NUCLEATES and you have 300 words, NUCLEATES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 10, among them CLEANEST, ESCULENT and LATENCES. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from NUCLEATES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 33 7-letter words in NUCLEATES, 23 score 9 points, the group's best. CLEANSE and ENLACES are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from NUCLEATES; 48 of them share the top score of 8. SELECT, CASTLE and CLAUSE are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NUCLEATES, the top score is 7, reached by 52. CAUSE, SCALE and CLEAN are the familiar ones.
43 of 60 4-letter words in NUCLEATES tie at 6 points; none scores more. CASE, EAST and CAST will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words made with NUCLEATES letters, the top score is 5, reached by 14. CAN, SEE and SET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of NUCLEATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with NU · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
NUCLEATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. NUCLEATES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUCLEATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 236 | 300 | 225 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: LATENCES, CAUTELS, ELANCES, LATENCE, SCANTLE, SELECTA, UNSCALE, ANCLES, CAUSEN, CAUTEL, CLAUTS, CTENES and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: CENTAS, UNCAST, CENTU, LUNATES, CALS, TECS, CAL, TEC, ATS, EST, LUN, SAN and 1 more. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: CUNTS and CUNT.
Each word below uses all the letters of NUCLEATES and one more.