Unscramble GESTATES to get 146 words. GESTATES itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 10 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GESTATE and TAGETES lead with 8 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GESTATES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 16 with 6, 36 with 5, 47 with 4, 32 with 3 and 11 with 2.
36 5-letter words from GESTATES; 14 of them share the top score of 6. STATE, STAGE and TESTS are everyday picks.
Of the 47 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GESTATES, 17 score 5 points, the group's best. TEST, EAST and SETS are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of GESTATES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with GE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
GESTATES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. GESTATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GESTATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 146) | 129 | 146 | 119 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
17 of the 146 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ETAGES, ETAGE, GEATS, GESSE, ETATS, GEAT, SEASE, TESTE, TETES, ETAT, SESE, TAES and 5 more. 10 of the 146 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TAGETES, TASES, AGS, ESSE, ESTS, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
These 3 words take every letter of GESTATES plus a single extra one.