428 words come out when you unscramble TRANSLOCATES, starting with TRANSLOCATES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. TRANSLOCATE is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from TRANSLOCATES split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 6 with 10, 32 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with TRANSLOCATES letters: TRANSLOCATE, for 13 points.
ANCESTRALS, ESCALATORS and OSTRACEANS are the top 10-letter words in TRANSLOCATES, 12 points each. TRANSLATES will look familiar.
Of the 32 9-letter words you get when you unscramble TRANSLOCATES, 22 score 11 points, the group's best. TRANSLATE, ANCESTORS and CONTRASTS are the ones most people know.
The 8-letter words from TRANSLOCATES come to 60, each scoring 10 points. CONTRAST, CONTESTS and LACROSSE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 7-letter words made with TRANSLOCATES letters score 9 points. CENTRAL, COASTAL and CLOSEST are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TRANSLOCATES come to 60, each scoring 8 points. ACROSS, CASTLE and ACTORS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from TRANSLOCATES score 7 points. CLASS, CLEAR and CASES are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words in TRANSLOCATES come to 60, each scoring 6 points. CASE, CARE and COST are the familiar ones.
26 of 60 3-letter words made with TRANSLOCATES letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, CAN and CAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of TRANSLOCATES for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with TR · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ESCALATORS (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TRANSLOCATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSLOCATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 428) | 336 | 428 | 303 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANCESTRALS, OSTRACEANS, ANORECTAL, CANASTERS, CONSTATES, LECANORAS, OSTRACEAN, SARCONETS, SCRATTLES, SECTATORS, SORTANCES, STONECAST and 80 more, 92 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CROSTATAS, CONTESSA, CORNETTS, CROSTATA, CROTALES, ROSACEAS, CANOERS, CANOLAS, CANTALS, CASSENA, CLASSON, LOSARTANS and 21 more, 33 in all.