Unscramble BATELESS and you have 231 words, BATELESS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: BEATLESS. The best shorter words score 9: 6 of them, STABLES, BASTLES and BELATES included. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BATELESS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Among 39 6-letter words from BATELESS, the top score is 8, reached by 19. TABLES, STABLE and LEASES are the familiar ones.
41 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BATELESS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SALES, TABLE and LEAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in BATELESS, 34 score 6 points, the group's best. LAST, BEST and LESS are the ones most people know.
Among 45 3-letter words made with BATELESS letters, the top score is 5, reached by 13. SEE, SET and LET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BATELESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BA · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BEATLESS (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BATELESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATELESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 186 | 230 | 172 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BATELESS, BASTLES, BELATES, SEBATES, ABLETS, BASTLE, BELATE, BLAEST, BLATES, SEBATE, ABLET, ALBEE and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SABLEST, BEALS, BESES, BAES, BEAL, BAE, BES, ESSE, ESTS, ATS, EST, TES and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: TABESES.
With one more tile, the letters of BATELESS spell the words below.