Unscramble ROTAVATES to get 254 words. ROTAVATES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ROTAVATES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
15 of 47 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ROTAVATES tie at 9 points; none scores more. VOTERS, TREATS and ROTATE will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from ROTAVATES, the top score is 8, reached by 29. RATES, AREAS and VOTES are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words in ROTAVATES; 33 of them share the top score of 7. OVER, AREA and SAVE are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with ROTAVATES letters, the top score is 6, reached by 18. ARE, SET and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ROTAVATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OTTAVAS (10 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: ROTAVATES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROTAVATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 195 | 254 | 185 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 59 of them: ROTAVATES, ROTAVATE, VATTERS, OVATES, TAVERS, TAVERT, VATTER, TAVAS, TAVER, VARES, VOARS, AVAS and 47 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: OSETRA, SEV, TORTAS, RESAT, SORTA, AROS, ARO, ATS, EST and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of ROTAVATES plus a single extra one.