Jumble solved
Is MUTILATES a word? Yes.
MUTILATES is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 11 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 3 anagrams, with 397 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 397
- Full anagrams
- 3
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (U, I, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (M, T, L, T, S).
Anagrams of MUTILATES
3 words use all 9 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
9-letter words
3 words found8-letter words
6 words found7-letter words
7 words found6-letter words
42 words found+ 27 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
96 words found+ 81 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
142 words found+ 127 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
76 words found+ 61 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
25 words found+ 10 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside MUTILATES
Without moving a single letter, reading mutilates straight through uncovers 8 shorter words — mutilate, ates, late, ate, lat, mut, and more. The longest unbroken run is mutilate.
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble stimulate, unscramble ultimates.
Shorter words inside MUTILATES — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to MUTILATES
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and mutilates opens up 5 10-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
8
Vowels
44%
U, I, A, E
Consonants
56%
M, T, L, T, S
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Solving MUTILATES: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters mutilates?
Rearranging the 9 letters in mutilates produces 397 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 9-letter answer mutilates here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does mutilates have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 9 letters, mutilates can be rearranged into 3 words: mutilates, stimulate and ultimates. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from mutilates?
The longest solutions run to 9 letters: mutilates, stimulate and ultimates. Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from mutilates?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: mutilates yields ail, aim, ais, ait, ale, als, alt, ami, amu and ate. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from mutilates scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, mutilates is the top scorer from mutilates at 11 points, followed by stimulate (11), ultimates (11) and maltiest (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside mutilates?
Read left to right without moving any letters and mutilates already contains 8 shorter words: mutilate, ates, late, ate, lat and mut (plus 2 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is mutilate. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.