220 words come out when you unscramble DEAREST, starting with DEAREST itself: 8 in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends. 7 anagrams of DEAREST are on the page, DERATES, ESTRADE and REASTED included; each is 8 points. The best shorter words score 7: 23 of them, DESERT, TRADES and SEATED included. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of DEAREST in one turn: 58 in Scrabble (8 + 50), 43 in Words With Friends (8 + 35).
Looking for easterd, treades, treased, restead, starede, redeast, teareds, resteda, deteras or readste? They use the same letters as DEAREST, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Counting the words from DEAREST by length: 8 with 7 letters, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 17 with 2.
23 of 32 6-letter words made with DEAREST letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. DESERT, TRADES and SEATED will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from DEAREST, 44 score 6 points, the group's best. RATES, TRADE and RATED are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEAREST; 31 of them share the top score of 5. DATE, READ and RATE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DEAREST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ST · all 7-letter words
The meaning of DEAREST, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DEAREST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEAREST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 220) | 172 | 220 | 160 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
48 of the 220 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ESTRADE, REASTED, STEARED, AREDES, DEARES, DREEST, EASTED, STEARD, TEADES, AREDE, ARSED, DEARE and 36 more. 12 of the 220 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TASERED, TASED, TRADS, EASER, RESAT, DAS, EDS, ATS, DA, EST, TES and TE.
These 12 words take every letter of DEAREST plus a single extra one.