Unscramble KIDSTAKES and you have 236 words, KIDSTAKES itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. TAKKIES is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Words from KIDSTAKES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 letters.
TIKKAS scores highest among the 6-letter words made with KIDSTAKES letters at 14 points, ahead of DIKAST and KISSED on 11. STAKES, SKATES and STEAKS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble KIDSTAKES, the top score is 13, reached by 5. ASKED, IDEAS and TAKES are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words from KIDSTAKES tie at 12 points; none scores more. TAKE, KIDS and TASK will look familiar.
KAK scores highest among the 3-letter words from KIDSTAKES at 11 points, ahead of DAK and KED on 8. ITS, SET and ASK are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of KIDSTAKES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with KI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with TIKKAS (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
KIDSTAKES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIDSTAKES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 167 | 234 | 148 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KIDSTAKES, TAKKIES, KAIKS, DIKASTS, KAIK, KAKS, KEKS, TSADIKS, DIKAST, KAK, KISTED, TSADIK and 55 more, 67 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TIKKAS, EKKAS, TIKKA, EKKA, SAKTIS, SKEDS, KETAS, SAKTI, SIKAS, SKED, KETA, SIKA and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: KIKES and KIKE, 2 in all.