Unscramble MATE and you have 25 words, MATE itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. MATE has 4 anagrams here, MEAT, META, TAME and TEAM, scoring 6 like MATE itself. The best shorter words score 5: 5 of them, MET, MAT and TAM included. It has 4 letters, 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from MATE by length: 5 with 4 letters, 10 with 3 and 10 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of MATE, with one letter different:
More 4-letter words: starting with MA · ending in TE · all 4-letter words
MATE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 25) | 23 | 25 | 22 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: AME and EA. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: TE.
With one more tile, the letters of MATE spell the words below.