Unscramble PLICATES to get 274 words. PLICATES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 12 points: SEPTICAL and TIECLASP. 10 shorter words score 11, among them SPECIAL, PLASTIC and ASEPTIC. It has 8 letters, 3 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 PLICATES split into 3 with 8 letters, 19 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 19 7-letter words made with PLICATES letters, 10 score 11 points, the group's best. SPECIAL, PLASTIC and ELASTIC are the ones most people know.
51 6-letter words from PLICATES; 17 of them share the top score of 10. PLACES, CASTLE and ASPECT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PLICATES, 27 score 9 points, the group's best. PLACE, SPACE and CLIPS are the ones most people know.
16 of 60 4-letter words in PLICATES tie at 8 points; none scores more. CASE, PICS and CAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with PLICATES letters, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. ITS, ACT and CAT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PLICATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with PL · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SEPTICAL and TIECLASP (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PLICATES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLICATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 274) | 230 | 274 | 213 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: PLICATES, PLACITS, CAPLES, CLIPES, PLACIT, ASTELIC, CALPS, CAPLE, CLIPE, SALICET, SCAPI, CALP and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: PACIEST, PLICAS, SPECT, CLITS, ETICS, LIPAS, CALS, CLIT, LIPA, LIPE, PALI, CAL and 5 more.
These 12 words take every letter of PLICATES plus a single extra one.