Unscramble MALATES to get 180 words. MALATES itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 11 in Words With Friends. MALATES has 2 anagrams here, MALTASE and TAMALES, scoring 9 like MALATES itself. The best shorter words score 8: 9 of them, METALS, TAMALE and LAMEST included. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of MALATES at once for 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50) or 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from MALATES by length: 3 with 7 letters, 10 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 17 with 2.
45 5-letter words from MALATES; 27 of them share the top score of 7. LEAST, METAL and TEAMS are everyday picks.
40 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MALATES tie at 6 points; none scores more. LAST, SAME and SALE will look familiar.
Of the 45 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MALATES, 16 score 5 points, the group's best. SET, LET and SAT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of MALATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with MA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The meaning of MALATES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MALATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 144 | 180 | 137 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AMATES, TALMAS, AMATE, AMLAS, LEAMS, MALAS, MELAS, MESAL, SAMEL, TALMA, AMES, AMLA and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MASA, MES, SALAT, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 7 in all.
These 8 words take every letter of MALATES plus a single extra one.