370 words come out when you unscramble DESIGNATES, starting with DESIGNATES itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DESIGNATE and STEADINGS, 11 points each. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DESIGNATES split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 37 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
37 8-letter words in DESIGNATES; 15 of them share the top score of 10. ASSIGNED, ASSIGNEE and INGESTED are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words from DESIGNATES, the top score is 9, reached by 20. DISEASE, INSTEAD and DESIGNS are the familiar ones.
23 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DESIGNATES tie at 8 points; none scores more. DESIGN, DATING and AGENTS will look familiar.
60 5-letter words made with DESIGNATES letters; 12 of them share the top score of 7. AGENT, DATES and ASIDE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DESIGNATES, 18 score 6 points, the group's best. DATE, EDIT and DIET are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from DESIGNATES; 6 of them share the top score of 5. GET, END and AGE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DESIGNATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by STEADINGS (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DESIGNATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESIGNATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 370) | 282 | 370 | 259 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AGENISED, ASSIEGED, DINGESES, ENDGATES, SAGENITES, SDEIGNES, SEEDINGS, STEEDING, AGENISES, AGNISED, DISGEST, ENDGATE and 76 more, 88 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AGENTED, ANGSTED, DANGEST, DATINGS, GENISTAS, GENISTA, NIDATES, SATINED, DESIS, GEANS, DANS, DENI and 11 more, 23 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DESIGNATES and one more.