Unscramble KATABASES to get 174 words. KATABASES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
K5A1T1A1B34A1S1E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from KATABASES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 14 with 6, 43 with 5, 59 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
5 of 43 5-letter words from KATABASES tie at 11 points; none scores more. TAKES, TASKS and ASSET will look familiar.
Of the 59 4-letter words you get when you unscramble KATABASES, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. BEST, TAKE and EAST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of KATABASES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with KA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BASKETS (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
KATABASES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATABASES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 174) | 144 | 173 | 131 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KATABASES, ATABEKS, ATABEK, ABASK, AKATEAS, AKATEA, KEBS, KEB, KESTS, SEKTS, SKETS, AKAS and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KETAS, TAKAS, KETA, BAES, BAE, BES, TASES, ESTS, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BAASES.