Unscramble VERTEBRATE and you have 182 words, VERTEBRATE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from VERTEBRATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 6 with 8, 11 with 7, 31 with 6, 35 with 5, 43 with 4, 39 with 3 and 13 with 2.
31 6-letter words from VERTEBRATE; 4 of them share the top score of 11. BETTER, BEAVER and REBATE are everyday picks.
BEVER, BRAVE and BREVE are the top 5-letter words in VERTEBRATE, 10 points each. TREAT, EATER and TETRA will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words made with VERTEBRATE letters, VERB leads with 9 points, then AVER and EAVE on 7. RATE, EVER and TREE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of VERTEBRATE for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with VE · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with VERTEBRAE (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
VERTEBRATE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERTEBRATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 141 | 182 | 136 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
41 of the 182 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VERBERATE, BREVETE, TEREBRATE, BEVER, TEREBRAE, TABRERE, TAVERT, TEREBRA, VATTER, ARVEE, BERRET, BREARE and 29 more. 5 of the 182 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AVERTER, BATTERER, VETTER, BAE and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of VERTEBRATE spell the words below.