Unscramble DESTINATES and you have 362 words, DESTINATES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 10, among them ANDESITES, DESTINATE and STATESIDE. 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.
Counting the words from DESTINATES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 7 with 9, 28 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Of the 28 8-letter words in DESTINATES, 17 score 9 points, the group's best. DENTISTS is the one most people know.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DESTINATES; 38 of them share the top score of 8. DISEASE, INSTEAD and ESTATES are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words from DESTINATES come to 60, each scoring 7 points. STATED, ATTEND and STANDS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words in DESTINATES score 6 points. NEEDS, IDEAS and DATES are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words made with DESTINATES letters scores 5. DATE, NEED and SAID are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DESTINATES, 24 score 4 points, the group's best. ITS, END and NET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DESTINATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ANDESITES, STATESIDE, STEADIEST and TETANISED (10 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DESTINATES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESTINATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 362) | 268 | 362 | 246 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DESTINATES, DESTINATE, DISTENTS, DESINES, DISNEST, SAIDEST, SDAINES, STEANED, STEINED, STENTED, TEDIEST, DAINES and 82 more, 94 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NIDATES, SATINED, TAENITES, IDENTS, NIDATE, SEITANS, STATINS, TAENITE, ATTED, DESIS, IDENT, DANS and 10 more, 22 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of DESTINATES spell the words below.