Unscramble SUBSTRATE and you have 294 words, SUBSTRATE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SUBSTRATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
29 7-letter words in SUBSTRATE; 20 of them share the top score of 9. BREASTS, STATUES and STRATUS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words from SUBSTRATE, 43 score 8 points, the group's best. STATES, STATUS and BREAST are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBSTRATE scores 7. ABUSE, BEARS and BEAST are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBSTRATE, the top score is 6, reached by 48. BEST, EAST and ARTS are the familiar ones.
20 of 60 3-letter words from SUBSTRATE tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, BUT and SET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SUBSTRATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ABSTRUSE, ABUTTERS, BUTTRESS and SUBSTATE (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUBSTRATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBSTRATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 294) | 248 | 294 | 234 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SURBATES, BESTARS, BRASSET, BUSERAS, SURBATE, TABRETS, ABURST, BESTAR, BRASES, BRASTS, BRUSTS, BUSERA and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BRUTEST, BASSER, TSUBAS, BRUTS, BUTES, BAES, BAE, BES, ESTS, ATS, EST, SUS and 2 more, 14 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of SUBSTRATE plus a single extra one.