163 words come out when you unscramble DATABASES, starting with DATABASES itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2A1T1A1B34A1S1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DATABASES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 16 with 6, 39 with 5, 50 with 4, 39 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in DATABASES: DATABASE, 11 points.
Among 39 5-letter words from DATABASES, the top score is 8, reached by 6. BASED, DATES and ASSET are the familiar ones.
8 of 50 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DATABASES tie at 7 points; none scores more. DATE, DATA and BEST will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DATABASES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
DATABASES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DATABASES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DATABASES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 163) | 144 | 162 | 130 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
19 of the 163 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BASSED, BESTAD, BASSE, BASTA, BESAT, STEDS, TEADS, DAES, SADS, STED, TAED, TASSA and 7 more. 14 of the 163 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BAES, TASED, BAE, BES, TASES, DAS, EDS, ESTS, TASE, ATS, DA, EST and 2 more. 1 of the 163 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: BAASES.