Unscramble RUSTICATE and you have 318 words, RUSTICATE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. RUSTICATE has 1 anagram here, URTICATES, scoring 11 like RUSTICATE itself. The best shorter words score 10: 8 of them, CITRATES, CRISTATE and CRUSTATE included. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RUSTICATE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
35 of 48 7-letter words you get when you unscramble RUSTICATE tie at 9 points; none scores more. CUTTERS, SCATTER and CITRATE will look familiar.
All 60 of the 6-letter words from RUSTICATE score 8 points. STATIC, CRUISE and STRICT are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RUSTICATE scores 7. CAUSE, ACRES and ACUTE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from RUSTICATE, the top score is 6, reached by 55. CASE, CARE and CART are the familiar ones.
20 of 60 3-letter words in RUSTICATE tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of RUSTICATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RU · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by URTICATES (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RUSTICATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSTICATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 318) | 255 | 318 | 233 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
63 of the 318 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRUSTATE, TUTRICES, ACTURES, CAUTERS, CRUSTAE, CUITERS, CURIETS, CUTTIER, TIETACS, TRACTUS, TRIACTS, URICASE and 51 more. 22 of the 318 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ATRESIC, ATRETIC, CATSUIT, CAURIS, CUEIST, RECITS, CAURI, CERTS, CRIAS, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT and 10 more.
With one more tile, the letters of RUSTICATE spell the words below.