339 words come out when you unscramble DATELINES, starting with DATELINES itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. DATELINES has 1 anagram here, DENTALISE, scoring 10 like DATELINES itself. 10 shorter words score 9, among them LISTENED, ENLISTED and DATELINE. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DATELINES split into 2 with 9 letters, 10 with 8, 57 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Of the 57 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DATELINES, 38 score 8 points, the group's best. DETAILS, INSTEAD and STAINED are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words from DATELINES scores 7. LISTED, ISLAND and DETAIL are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words made with DATELINES letters come to 60, each scoring 6 points. DEALS, IDEAS and DATES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DATELINES score 5 points. DATE, LAND and EDIT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from DATELINES, the top score is 4, reached by 30. ITS, END and ADS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DATELINES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What DATELINES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DATELINES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DATELINES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 339) | 262 | 339 | 239 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 77 of them: LINTSEED, DEISEAL, DENTELS, EDENTAL, STEALED, STEANED, STEINED, TINDALS, DAINES, DAINTS, DENETS, DENTEL and 65 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: DENTALISE, ISLETED, LEADENS, LENITED, NIDATES, SATINED, IDENTS, LENITES, LINTED, DELTS, IDENT, DANS and 11 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DATELINES spell the words below.