Unscramble ESCALATES to get 243 words. ESCALATES itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from ESCALATES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 15 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among 41 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ESCALATES, the top score is 8, reached by 18. SELECT, CASTLE and SCALES are the familiar ones.
29 of 60 5-letter words from ESCALATES tie at 7 points; none scores more. CLASS, SALES and LEAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ESCALATES, 28 score 6 points, the group's best. LAST, CASE and SALE are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of ESCALATES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with ES · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What ESCALATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ESCALATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESCALATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 243) | 197 | 243 | 185 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SELECTAS, SCLATES, SELECTA, ACATES, AESCES, LACETS, SCALAE, SCEATS, SCLATE, ALTESSE, CAESE, CESSE and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CALS, SALATS, TECS, CAL, SALAT, TEC, ESSE, ESTS, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 12 in all.
This word takes every letter of ESCALATES plus a single extra one.