229 words come out when you unscramble QUATERNATE, starting with QUATERNATE itself: 19 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. QUARTET and QUARTAN are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from QUATERNATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 11 with 7, 32 with 6, 56 with 5, 59 with 4, 50 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in QUATERNATE: ANTEATER, for 8 points.
Among 32 6-letter words from QUATERNATE, the top score is 15, reached by 6. NATURE, TENURE and TARTAN are the familiar ones.
12 of 56 5-letter words you get when you unscramble QUATERNATE tie at 14 points; none scores more. ENTER, QUEEN and TREAT will look familiar.
AQUA and QUAT share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words from QUATERNATE. AREA, RATE and TEEN are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in QUATERNATE, QAT and QUA tie for first at 12 points. ARE, ART and RUN are everyday picks.
This word has the length of QUATERNATE, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; QUARTAN and QUARTET (16 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
QUATERNATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUATERNATE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 173 | 229 | 168 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
56 of the 229 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: QUATERNATE, EQUANT, QUENA, QUAT, NATURAE, TARTANE, TAUREAN, AUNTER, NATURA, RATEEN, TERATA, ANTAR and 44 more. 5 of the 229 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ANURA, ARENE, NARE, UTE and TE.