Unscramble DARKEST and you have 209 words, DARKEST itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 12 points: STARKED and STRAKED. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 11 points, TASKED, STAKED and DRAKES among them. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. DARKEST as a single 7-tile play makes 62 in Scrabble, 12 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
Looking for datesrk, darktes, askedrt, datersk, rskated, skaterd, trakeds, traksed, deskrat or drakest? They use the same letters as DARKEST, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Counting the words from DARKEST by length: 3 with 7 letters, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Among 60 5-letter words from DARKEST, the top score is 10, reached by 9. RATES, TRADE and ASKED are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DARKEST, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. DATE, READ and TAKE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with DARKEST letters, DAK and KED tie for first at 8 points. ARE, SET and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DARKEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with DA · ending in ST · all 7-letter words
DARKEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DARKEST works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARKEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 209) | 153 | 209 | 139 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 56 of them: STARKED, DAKERS, ARKED, DAKER, KADES, TASKER, AKED, KADE, KAED, KEDS, KESAR, REAKS and 44 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: STAKER, KETAS, SKED, KETA, TASED, TRADS, RESAT, DAS, EDS, ATS, DA, EST and 2 more.
These 3 words take every letter of DARKEST plus a single extra one.