Unscramble ORIGINATE and you have 290 words, ORIGINATE itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ORIGINATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 21 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with ORIGINATE letters: RIGATONI, for 9 points.
18 of 21 7-letter words in ORIGINATE tie at 8 points; none scores more. GRANITE, TEARING and INERTIA will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from ORIGINATE, 49 score 7 points, the group's best. RATING, REGION and ORANGE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ORIGINATE; 58 of them share the top score of 6. GREAT, RANGE and AGENT are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in ORIGINATE come to 60, each scoring 5 points. RING, GEAR and GONE are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words made with ORIGINATE letters; 34 of them share the top score of 4. ARE, GET and ART are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of ORIGINATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with OR · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
ORIGINATE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ORIGINATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORIGINATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 227 | 290 | 210 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ORIGANE, RAITING, ROATING, TIGRINE, GIRNIE, GRAINE, IGNARO, NOTAIRE, OTARINE, RAGINI, ROTING, TAEING and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GOATIER, ARTIGI, TAGINE, TOERAG, ATIGI, GATER, OATIER, AGRO, AREG, GEAN, GITE, NEG and 5 more, 17 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ORIGINATE and one more.