Hidden inside emitate is one standout: teatime, a seven-letter play worth 9 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 52 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
EMITATE isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to TEATIME (noun), the customary time for tea, worth 9 points in Scrabble.
teatime is the highest-scoring word from emitate, worth 9 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 52 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling emitate produces exactly one seven-letter word: teatime. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling emitate produces exactly one six-letter word: metate. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling emitate produces exactly one five-letter word: matte. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 7 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in emitate produces 17 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with item, mate and meat. For points, 15 words tie at 6 points, including item, mate and meat.
Unscrambling emitate turns up 19 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, ate and eat. For points, 7 words tie at 5 points, including aim, met and ami.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in emitate. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, at, it, and me. For points, 5 words tie at 4 points, including am, me and em.
6 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in emitate plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in emitate and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is teatime, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and no other word from emitate 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 emitate produce 52 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 1 five-letter word, 17 four-letter words, 19 three-letter words and 13 two-letter words.