61 words come out when you unscramble GATES, starting with GATES itself: 6 in Scrabble, 7 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of GATES are on the page: GEATS, GETAS and STAGE, each 6 points. The best shorter words score 5: 13 of them, GETS, TAGS and AGES included. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from GATES by length: 4 with 5 letters, 23 with 4, 24 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Trade one tile of GATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with GA · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
GATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 61) | 55 | 61 | 49 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
6 of the 61 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GEATS, GEAT, TAES, EAS, EA and ST. 6 of the 61 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AGS, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
These 12 words take every letter of GATES plus a single extra one.