235 words come out when you unscramble GRADATES, starting with GRADATES itself: 10 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. 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 GRADATES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among 30 6-letter words in GRADATES, the top score is 8, reached by 9. GRADES, TRADES and STAGED are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 5-letter words from GRADATES tie at 7 points; none scores more. GREAT, RATED and GRADE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GRADATES, the top score is 6, reached by 12. DATE, DATA and READ are the familiar ones.
59 3-letter words made with GRADATES letters; 4 of them share the top score of 5. ARE, GET and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of GRADATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GR · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What GRADATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GRADATES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRADATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 235) | 180 | 235 | 165 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AGASTED, RADGEST, ADRATES, AGRASTE, DARGAS, DEGRAS, RADGES, TARGED, ADRATE, AREADS, DARGA, DARGS and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GARDA, GATERS, TARGAS, GATER, TARGA, TASED, AREG, AGS, DAS, EDS, ATS, DA and 3 more, 15 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of GRADATES spell the words below.