Unscramble SIGNIFICATE to get 317 words. SIGNIFICATE itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FACETINGS leads with 15 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SIGNIFICATE split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 9 with 8, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 10 letters.
The best of the 7-letter words from SIGNIFICATE is FACINGS, 13 points; FANCIES and FASCINE on 12 follow. SEATING, CASTING and FASTING are everyday picks.
FACING tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SIGNIFICATE at 12 points; next come FACETS and FACIES on 11. CITIES, ACTING and FINEST will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from SIGNIFICATE; 9 of them share the top score of 10. GIFTS, FACTS and FACES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in SIGNIFICATE, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. CASE, GIFT and FAST are the ones most people know.
CAF tops the 3-letter words made with SIGNIFICATE letters at 8 points; next come FAG and FEG on 7. CAN, GET and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SIGNIFICATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with SI · ending in TE · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FACETINGS (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SIGNIFICATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIGNIFICATE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 317) | 252 | 316 | 228 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIGNIFICATE, FICAINS, SAGENITIC, FACTIS, FAINITES, FEATING, FIATING, FICAIN, ANTICISE, FANSITE, FASCI, FECIT and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FACETINGS, FINCAS, FINCA, CAFS, CAF, CENTAI, CENTAS, FESTA, GENISTA, GIFS, TAGINES, CIGS and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of SIGNIFICATE spell the words below.