284 words come out when you unscramble GREATESTS, starting with GREATESTS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. GREATEST, GESTATES and RESTAGES are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GREATESTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 31 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 31 7-letter words made with GREATESTS letters, 10 score 8 points, the group's best. STREETS, TARGETS and ESTATES are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from GREATESTS; 34 of them share the top score of 7. ESTATE, TARGET and STARTS are everyday picks.
42 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GREATESTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. GREAT, RATES and STAGE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GREATESTS, 33 score 5 points, the group's best. RATE, EAST and ARTS are the ones most people know.
52 3-letter words from GREATESTS; 16 of them share the top score of 4. ARE, SEE and GET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of GREATESTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GR · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GESTATES, GREATEST and RESTAGES (9 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GREATESTS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREATESTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 236 | 284 | 223 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GREATESTS, REGESTS, ASTERTS, ETAGES, GEARES, GRASTE, GRESES, REGEST, SAETERS, SEGARS, STEARES, STRAGS and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TAGETES, GATERS, EASERS, GATER, AREG, EASER, AGS, ESSE, ESTS, ATS, EST, TES and 1 more, 13 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of GREATESTS spell the words below.