Unscramble BATES to get 65 words. BATES itself is a real word: 7 points on a Scrabble board, 8 in Words With Friends. 7 anagrams of BATES are on the page, ABETS, BASTE and BEAST included; each is 7 points. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BATES by length: 8 with 5 letters, 23 with 4, 22 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Trade one tile of BATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
BATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 65) | 60 | 65 | 52 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Words With Friends*: BAES, BAE, BES, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESAT, TAES, EAS, EA and ST, 5 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of BATES plus a single extra one.