No word spells DATETION. Unscramble DATETION instead and you have 197 words, and the best are ANTIDOTE and TETANOID at 9 points each. TAINTED, NOTATED and ATTONED are the best of the shorter words, at 8 points. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DATETION by length: 2 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 15 with 6, 30 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 28 with 2.
30 5-letter words from DATETION; 18 of them share the top score of 6. NOTED, TITAN and DITTO are everyday picks.
36 of 60 4-letter words made with DATETION letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. DATE, NOTE and DONE will look familiar.
Of the 59 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DATETION, 24 score 4 points, the group's best. NOT, ONE and END are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of DATETION, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with AN · ending in TE · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ANTIDOTE and TETANOID (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DATETION is not playable as it is in any of the three, yet its letters form 197 words that are.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DATETION itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 197) | 152 | 197 | 141 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
45 of the 197 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ATTONED, DITONE, DOTANT, INTOED, OINTED, ATTONE, DAINE, DAINT, DIANE, DIOTA, IDANT, TONITE and 33 more. 11 of the 197 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NIDATE, ATTED, IDENT, DENI, DINO, NATTO, DAN, ODA, DA, OI and TE.
These 5 words take every letter of DATETION plus a single extra one.