294 words come out when you unscramble POPULATES, starting with POPULATES itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
P34O1P34U12L12A1T1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from POPULATES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Of the 24 7-letter words made with POPULATES letters, 15 score 11 points, the group's best. LAPTOPS, APOSTLE and APPLETS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POPULATES, the top score is 10, reached by 21. LAPTOP, POSTAL and PLATES are the familiar ones.
18 of 60 5-letter words from POPULATES tie at 9 points; none scores more. APPLE, PLATE and PASTE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with POPULATES letters, the top score is 8, reached by 14. PAST, PLUS and PETS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble POPULATES, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. TOP, PUT and POP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of POPULATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What POPULATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POPULATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPULATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 294) | 225 | 294 | 201 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POULPES, STAPPLE, EPOPTS, POULPE, POULPS, POUPES, SAPPLE, EPOPT, PAPES, PLAPS, PLUTOES, POEPS and 57 more, 69 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: APPLETS, LOPPETS, UPSLOPE, APPLET, LOPPET, APPS, PALEOS, PELAUS, PLUOTS, PULAOS, APP, PALEO and 12 more, 24 in all.