Unscramble VALIDATES and you have 288 words, VALIDATES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of VALIDATES is on the page: SALIVATED, each 13 points. Of the shorter words, VALIDATE, VALIDEST and VEDALIAS lead with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from VALIDATES split into 2 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
18 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble VALIDATES tie at 10 points; none scores more. LISTED, DETAIL and LADIES will look familiar.
60 5-letter words in VALIDATES; 15 of them share the top score of 9. VALID, LIVES and SAVED are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words made with VALIDATES letters, the top score is 8, reached by 13. SAVE, LIVE and AIDS are the familiar ones.
DEV, DIV and VID are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble VALIDATES, 7 points each. ITS, ADS and AID will look familiar.
Keep every letter of VALIDATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
VALIDATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VALIDATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALIDATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 220 | 288 | 202 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
68 of the 288 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VALIDEST, AVIDEST, AVAILES, AVALED, AVISED, SLIVED, STIVED, VALETAS, VALSED, AVAILE, AVALES, AVITAL and 56 more. 18 of the 288 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEVIS, STEVIA, ALIASED, DEVI, LEVAS, LEVIS, VIDS, VLEIS, LEVS, VID, VLEI, SEV and 6 more.
With one more tile, the letters of VALIDATES spell the words below.