Unscramble VERTEBRATES and you have 340 words, VERTEBRATES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. VERTEBRATE and VERBERATES are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from VERTEBRATES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 10, 8 with 9, 20 with 8, 52 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
The 10-letter words made with VERTEBRATES letters are led by VERBERATES and VERTEBRATE, 15 points each.
The 8-letter words from VERTEBRATES are led by BEREAVER, BEREAVES and VERTEBRA, 13 points each. TRAVERSE and RETREATS are the familiar ones.
7 of 52 7-letter words you get when you unscramble VERTEBRATES tie at 12 points; none scores more. RESERVE, REVERSE and STARTER will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from VERTEBRATES, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. BETTER, SERVER and BREAST are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words in VERTEBRATES; 4 of them share the top score of 10. SERVE, BEARS and BEAST are everyday picks.
VERB tops the 4-letter words made with VERTEBRATES letters at 9 points; next come AVER and AVES on 7. BEST, SAVE and ARTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble VERTEBRATES, 13 score 6 points, the group's best. ARE, SEE and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of VERTEBRATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with VE · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BEREAVERS, VERTEBRAE and VERTEBRAS (14 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept VERTEBRATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERTEBRATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 340) | 272 | 340 | 257 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
68 of the 340 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VERBERATES, VERBERATE, BREVETE, TEREBRATES, BEVERS, TEREBRATE, BEVER, STEEVER, TABRERES, TEREBRAE, TEREBRAS, VATTERS and 56 more. 15 of the 340 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AVERTERS, BATTERERS, AVERTER, BATTERER, VETTERS, VETTER, REBASE, TERETES, BAES, SEV, BAE, BES and 3 more.