Unscramble ESTIMATES and you have 267 words, ESTIMATES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: ETATISMES and STEAMIEST. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ESTIMATES split into 3 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 20 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 20 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ESTIMATES, the top score is 9, reached by 18. ESTATES and EASIEST are the familiar ones.
31 of 45 6-letter words from ESTIMATES tie at 8 points; none scores more. STATES, ESTATE and TASTES will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ESTIMATES, the top score is 7, reached by 51. ITEMS, TIMES and SEEMS are the familiar ones.
49 of 60 4-letter words from ESTIMATES tie at 6 points; none scores more. TIME, ITEM and SAME will look familiar.
Of the 50 3-letter words in ESTIMATES, 17 score 5 points, the group's best. SEE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of ESTIMATES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with ES · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
ESTIMATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ESTIMATES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESTIMATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 267) | 203 | 267 | 189 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
64 of the 267 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ETATISMES, ETATISME, MASTIEST, ASTEISM, MATTIES, MESETAS, SEAMSET, AMISES, MAISES, MATIES, MATTIE, MEASES and 52 more. 14 of the 267 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STEAMIES, MATIEST, SAMIEST, STEAMIE, MASES, STIMS, STIM, MES, ESSE, ESTS, ATS, EST and 2 more.
These 6 words take every letter of ESTIMATES plus a single extra one.