elaborates needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 684 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
elaborates is the highest-scoring word from elaborates, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 684 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in elaborates — and it is elaborates itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling elaborates turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are astrolabe and elaborate, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 22 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in elaborates. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are ablators, aerobats, arbalest, arbelest, blearest, bleaters, bloaters, bresaola, earlobes, eatables, erasable, ratables, rateable, restable, retables, retablos, sortable, storable, tearable, and teasable, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in elaborates produces 52 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lobster and relates. For points, the strongest plays are abaters, abators, ablates, ablator, abreast, aerobat, aerobes, arables, beaters, belters, berates, blaster, bleater, bloater, boaster, boatels, boaters, boletes, bolster, bolters, borates, borstal, earlobe, eatable, labrets, lobster, oblates, rabatos, ratable, rebates, rebatos, retable, retablo, robatas, sorbate, stabler, and trebles — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling elaborates turns up 114 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ablest, aborts, alerts, altars, alters, barest, and breast. For points, the strongest plays are abaser, abater, abates, abator, abeles, ablate, ablest, aboral, aborts, aerobe, arable, balers, barest, basalt, baster, beater, belter, berate, berets, betels, blares, blears, bleats, bloats, boarts, boatel, boater, bolete, bolter, borals, borate, boreal, boreas, botels, breast, broast, labors, labret, lobate, oblast, oblate, rabato, rabats, rebase, rebate, rebato, rebels, robata, robles, sabler, sorbet, stable, strobe, tabers, tablas, tables, tabors, and treble — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 187 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in elaborates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with abler, abort, alert, altar, alter, areas, and bears. For points, the strongest plays are abase, abate, abele, abets, abler, ables, abort, albas, baals, balas, baler, bales, balsa, bares, basal, baser, baste, bates, beals, bears, beast, beats, beers, beets, belts, beret, beset, besot, betas, betel, blare, blase, blast, blate, blats, blear, bleat, blest, blets, bloat, blots, boars, boart, boast, boats, bolar, bolas, boles, bolts, boral, boras, bores, borts, botas, botel, braes, brats, brees, brose, labor, labra, lobar, lobes, obese, rabat, rebel, robes, roble, sabal, saber, sable, sabot, sabra, sabre, sober, taber, tabes, tabla, table, and tabor — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in elaborates produces 188 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with able, also, area, arts, bare, bars, and base. For points, the strongest plays are abas, abet, able, alba, albs, arbs, baal, baas, baes, bale, bals, bare, bars, base, bast, bate, bats, beal, bear, beat, beer, bees, beet, bels, belt, best, beta, bets, blae, blat, blet, blot, boar, boas, boat, bola, bole, bolt, bora, bore, bort, bota, bots, brae, bras, brat, bree, bros, labs, lobe, lobs, obas, obes, orbs, rebs, robe, robs, sabe, slab, slob, soba, sorb, stab, stob, and tabs — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling elaborates turns up 94 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, art, ate, bar, bat, bee, and bet. For points, the strongest plays are aba, abs, alb, arb, baa, bae, bal, bar, bas, bat, bee, bel, bes, bet, boa, bos, bot, bra, bro, lab, lob, oba, obe, orb, reb, rob, sab, sob, and tab — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 24 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in elaborates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at, be, or, so, and to. For points, the strongest plays are ab, ba, be, and bo — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in elaborates plus one additional letter.
elaborates is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record six senses for elaborates. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
elaborates is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing elaborates unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is elaborates, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from elaborates earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in elaborates produce 684 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 22 eight-letter words, 52 seven-letter words, 114 six-letter words, 187 five-letter words, 188 four-letter words, 94 three-letter words and 24 two-letter words.