The letters in ADEQUATE make 39 words of two letters or more. The longest is ADEQUATE at 8 letters, and the highest-scoring is ADEQUATE at 18 points.
No other single word uses all 8 letters of ADEQUATE. ADEQUATE has 8 letters: 5 vowels and 3 consonants, worth 18 points before any board bonuses.
8-letter words 1
7-letter words 1
equated17
6-letter words 1
equate15
5-letter words 3
aquae14etude6quate14
4-letter words 8
aqua13data5date5daut5deet5duet5quad14teed5
3-letter words 16
aeq12ate3dee4due4eat3eau3eta3qat12qua12tad4tae3tau3tea3ted4tee3uta3
2-letter words 9
aa2ad3ae2at2de3ed3et2ta2ut2
Words are from our open word list and include some game-only words. Rude words are left out of this page; the unscrambler shows every valid word, lets you add blank tiles and filter by length.