Unscramble PULVINATE to get 271 words. PULVINATE itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PLUVIAN and VULPINE lead with 12 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PULVINATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 15 with 7, 50 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 8 letters.
13 of 50 6-letter words made with PULVINATE letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. NATIVE, PLANET and PEANUT will look familiar.
PAVEN and PAVIN share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PULVINATE. VALUE, INPUT and PANEL are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from PULVINATE are led by PAVE and VAPE, 9 points each. LIVE, PAIN and EVIL are the familiar ones.
PAV tops the 3-letter words from PULVINATE at 8 points; next come AVE and LAV on 6. PUT, VAN and PET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PULVINATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PU · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PLUVIAN and VULPINE (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PULVINATE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PULVINATE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 219 | 271 | 207 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
52 of the 271 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENVAULT, PAVEN, UNALIVE, UNVAILE, UNVITAL, PATULIN, UNVAIL, UPLEANT, VENTIL, AVINE, ELVAN, PAV and 40 more. 12 of the 271 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PULVINATE, VAPE, LEPTIN, PELAU, VLEI, VULN, LIPA, LIPE, NAV, PALI, VIN and TE.
This word takes every letter of PULVINATE plus a single extra one.