Unscramble ESTAFETTE and you have 112 words, ESTAFETTE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are FATTEST and FEATEST, 10 points each. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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By length, the words from ESTAFETTE split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 21 with 5, 38 with 4, 29 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
15 of 38 4-letter words from ESTAFETTE tie at 7 points; none scores more. TEST, EAST and FAST will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ESTAFETTE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ES · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FATTEST and FEATEST (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ESTAFETTE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESTAFETTE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 112) | 89 | 112 | 80 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ESTAFETTE, EFTEST, FETTAS, FEESE, FETTA, FETTS, FETT, SAFT, TEFS, FAE, TEF, ETATS and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FESTA, FEST, FES, FE, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 9 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of ESTAFETTE spell the words below.