Unscramble WATERGATE to get 167 words. WATERGATE itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WATERAGE leads with 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from WATERGATE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 9 with 6, 35 with 5, 55 with 4, 48 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in WATERGATE: WATERAGE, for 12 points.
WAGER scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WATERGATE at 9 points, ahead of AWARE and REWET on 8. GREAT, WATER and AGREE are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from WATERGATE are led by GREW and WAGE, 8 points each. WERE, AREA and RATE are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words in WATERGATE, GAW and WAG tie for first at 7 points. ARE, GET and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of WATERGATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with WA · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
WATERGATE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
WATERGATE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATERGATE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 136 | 167 | 127 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
31 of the 167 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEWART, WRATE, AREW, EATAGE, GAW, TAWA, TAWT, TREW, WATE, ETAGE, EWT, GEARE and 19 more. 9 of the 167 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: WATERGATE, TWEER, WETA, EEW, GATER, TARGA, AREG, EW and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of WATERGATE and one more.