Unscramble DATELINE and you have 245 words, DATELINE itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: ENTAILED and LINEATED. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
Looking for anileted, enialted, tenideal, delineat, delinate, detailne, entilade, linedate, tenedial or altiende? They use the same letters as DATELINE, so the words on this page are their answers too.
D2A1T1E1L12I1N12E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DATELINE by length: 3 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 32 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Of the 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DATELINE, 25 score 7 points, the group's best. DETAIL, DENTAL and DENIAL are the ones most people know.
36 of 59 5-letter words from DATELINE tie at 6 points; none scores more. DELTA, IDEAL and ELITE will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from DATELINE; 51 of them share the top score of 5. DATE, NEED and LAND are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words in DATELINE, 23 score 4 points, the group's best. END, LET and NET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DATELINE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DA · ending in NE · all 8-letter words
The meaning of DATELINE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DATELINE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DATELINE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 186 | 245 | 174 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EDENTAL, DENTEL, EIDENT, NEALED, TINDAL, DAINE, DAINT, DENET, DIANE, DITAL, EALED, EANED and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LENITED, LINTED, NIDATE, IDENT, LENITE, DELT, DENI, INTEL, LEDE, DAN, DA and TE, 12 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DATELINE and one more.