eliminates 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, 634 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
eliminates is the highest-scoring word from eliminates, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 634 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in eliminates — and it is eliminates itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling eliminates turns up 8 nine-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eliminate. For points, the strongest plays are amenities, eliminate, enamelist, ilmenites, linemates, melanites, melinites, and timelines — 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 eliminates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with manliest. For points, the strongest plays are ailments, alienism, aliments, enmities, etamines, ilmenite, linemate, manliest, matinees, mealiest, melanist, melanite, melinite, metalise, milesian, miseaten, smaltine, talesmen, and timeline — 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 eliminates produces 54 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with meanest. For points, the strongest plays are ailment, aliment, amities, animist, elitism, elmiest, emetins, enamels, etamine, etamins, inmates, intimae, intimal, intimas, itemise, laments, limiest, limites, malines, mantels, mantles, matinee, mealies, meanest, meanies, meinies, melenas, menials, mislain, nemesia, santimi, seminal, steamie, tameins, and teleman — 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 eliminates turns up 105 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aliens, emails, lamest, limits, listen, mental, and metals. For points, the strongest plays are aments, amines, animes, animis, elemis, emails, emetin, enamel, enemas, etamin, imines, inmate, inseam, intima, intime, lament, lamest, lemans, limans, limens, limina, limits, mailes, maline, mantel, mantes, mantis, mantle, matins, mealie, meanie, measle, meinie, melena, menial, mensae, mensal, mental, mesial, mesian, metals, misate, miseat, mislie, mislit, saimin, samiel, samite, samlet, santim, seamen, semina, simian, simile, simlin, simnel, smalti, stamen, and tamein — 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 164 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in eliminates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with items, lanes, leans, lease, least, limit, and lines. For points, the strongest plays are imine, items, lames, leman, liman, limas, limen, limes, limit, limns, maile, mails, mains, maist, males, malts, manes, manis, manse, mates, matin, meals, means, meant, meats, meets, melts, mensa, mense, menta, mesne, metal, metes, metis, miens, miles, milia, milts, minae, minas, mines, minis, mints, mites, mitis, almes, amens, ament, amies, amine, amins, anime, animi, elemi, email, emits, enema, names, neems, nemas, salmi, satem, semen, slime, smalt, smelt, smile, smite, steam, stime, tames, tamis, teams, teems, and times — 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 eliminates produces 174 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aims, amen, ants, lame, lane, last, and late. For points, the strongest plays are aims, alme, alms, amen, amie, amin, amis, lame, lams, lima, lime, limn, maes, mail, main, male, malt, mane, mani, mans, mast, mate, mats, meal, mean, meat, meet, mels, melt, mesa, meta, mete, mien, mile, mils, milt, mina, mine, mini, mint, mise, mist, mite, name, neem, nema, nims, same, seam, seem, seme, semi, sima, slam, slim, smit, stem, stim, elms, emes, emit, item, tame, tams, team, teem, and time — 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 eliminates turns up 80 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aim, ant, ate, eat, its, let, and lie. For points, the strongest plays are aim, ami, elm, eme, ems, ism, lam, mae, man, mas, mat, mel, men, mes, met, mil, mis, nam, nim, sim, and tam — 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 26 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in eliminates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, an, as, at, in, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are am, em, ma, me, and mi — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in eliminates plus one additional letter.
eliminates 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record seven senses for eliminates. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
eliminates is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing eliminates unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is eliminates, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from eliminates 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 eliminates produce 634 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 8 nine-letter words, 22 eight-letter words, 54 seven-letter words, 105 six-letter words, 164 five-letter words, 174 four-letter words, 80 three-letter words and 26 two-letter words.