236 words come out when you unscramble INGATES, starting with INGATES itself: 8 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. It has 10 anagrams at 8 points each, among them EASTING, EATINGS and GAINEST. Among the shorter answers, 20 reach 7 points, AGENTS, EATING and GIANTS among them. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of INGATES at once for 58 in Scrabble (8 + 50) or 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from INGATES by length: 11 with 7 letters, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
20 of 24 6-letter words made with INGATES letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. AGENTS, EATING and GIANTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INGATES, 32 score 6 points, the group's best. AGENT, STAGE and SAINT are the ones most people know.
48 of 60 4-letter words from INGATES tie at 5 points; none scores more. SIGN, EAST and ANTI will look familiar.
60 3-letter words made with INGATES letters; 22 of them share the top score of 4. GET, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of INGATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with IN · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The meaning of INGATES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INGATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INGATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 186 | 236 | 163 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GAINEST, TANGIES, TSIGANE, AGNISE, NGATIS, TAEING, TANGIE, TANGIS, TEAING, GANTS, GEATS, GEIST and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GENISTA, TAGINES, STINGE, TAGINE, TASING, GEANS, GITES, SEITAN, SIGNA, GEAN, GITE, NEGS and 11 more, 23 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of INGATES plus a single extra one.