226 words come out when you unscramble NIDATES, starting with NIDATES itself: 8 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. It has 6 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: DESTAIN, DETAINS, INSTEAD, SAINTED, SATINED and STAINED. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. NIDATES as a single 7-tile play makes 58 in Scrabble, 8 plus the 50 bonus, and 44 in Words With Friends (9 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from NIDATES by length: 7 with 7 letters, 14 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NIDATES, 46 score 6 points, the group's best. IDEAS, STAND and SAINT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from NIDATES, the top score is 5, reached by 51. DATE, SAID and SEND are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NIDATES, 23 score 4 points, the group's best. ITS, SET and END are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of NIDATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with NI · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
What NIDATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
NIDATES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIDATES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 172 | 226 | 154 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
54 of the 226 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DAINES, DAINTS, IDANTS, SDAINE, DAINE, DAINT, DANTS, DENIS, DIANE, IDANT, SDEIN, SINED and 42 more. 18 of the 226 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NIDATES, SATINED, IDENTS, NIDATE, IDENT, SEITAN, TASED, DANS, DENI, DESI, DAN, DAS and 6 more.
These 12 words take every letter of NIDATES plus a single extra one.