159 words come out when you unscramble ALGATES, starting with ALGATES itself: 8 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: AGELAST and LASTAGE. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of ALGATES in one turn: 58 in Scrabble (8 + 50), 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from ALGATES by length: 3 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 32 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among 32 5-letter words from ALGATES, the top score is 6, reached by 14. LEAST, STAGE and ATLAS are the familiar ones.
27 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALGATES tie at 5 points; none scores more. LAST, SALE and EAST will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ALGATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with AL · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AGATES, AGLETS, GALEAS and STALAG (7 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ALGATES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALGATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 136 | 159 | 129 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
23 of the 159 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AGELAST, ALGATES, LASTAGE, ALGATE, AGAST, GEALS, GEATS, GEAL, GEAT, LEATS, SAAG, SALET and 11 more. 7 of the 159 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SALAT, AGS, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
These 11 words take every letter of ALGATES plus a single extra one.