Unscramble REGULATOR and you have 256 words, REGULATOR itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
R1E1G23U12L12A1T1O1R1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from REGULATOR by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 14 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
OUTGLARE is the only one of the 8-letter words made with REGULATOR letters; it scores 9 points.
27 of 37 6-letter words you get when you unscramble REGULATOR tie at 7 points; none scores more. LARGER, ROUTER and GALORE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from REGULATOR; 55 of them share the top score of 6. GREAT, LARGE and ALERT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from REGULATOR, 51 score 5 points, the group's best. AUTO, GEAR and GOAL are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in REGULATOR; 34 of them share the top score of 4. ARE, GET and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of REGULATOR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in OR · all 9-letter words
REGULATOR first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. REGULATOR is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REGULATOR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 194 | 256 | 175 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GAULTER, TRAGULE, ARGUTE, GARROT, GURLET, REGULA, REGULO, ROGUER, ROTULAE, ELUTOR, GALUT, GARRE and 50 more, 62 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ORATURE, REALTOR, RUGRAT, TEGULA, TOERAG, GATER, GLUTE, RAGER, REORG, AGLU, AGRO, AREG and 7 more, 19 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of REGULATOR plus a single extra one.