142 words come out when you unscramble PALATABLE, starting with PALATABLE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PATBALL, 11 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PALATABLE split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 12 with 6, 24 with 5, 49 with 4, 38 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The best of the 5-letter words from PALATABLE is BEPAT, 9 points; ABATE and ABLET on 7 follow. TABLE, LABEL and PLATE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PALATABLE are led by PEBA and PLEB, 8 points each. TELL, ABLE and LATE are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PALATABLE is BAP, 7 points; ABA and ALB on 5 follow. ALL, LET and PET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PALATABLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in LE · all 9-letter words
PALATABLE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PALATABLE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALATABLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 117 | 142 | 114 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: PATBALL, BEPAT, BALLAT, PALLAE, PEBA, TALPAE, ABLET, ALAAP, ALAPA, PALLA, PELTA, TALPA and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: BEAL, BAE and TE.