Unscramble ODONATES and you have 226 words, ODONATES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 8: 6 of them, DONATES, ASTONED and ODONATE included. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ODONATES split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 14 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
36 of 59 5-letter words from ODONATES tie at 6 points; none scores more. NOTES, STAND and STONE will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ODONATES; 48 of them share the top score of 5. DATE, DOES and SEND are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in ODONATES, the top score is 4, reached by 26. NOT, ONE and SET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ODONATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OD · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What ODONATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ODONATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ODONATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 179 | 226 | 164 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
47 of the 226 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASTONED, ONSTEAD, STOODEN, DOONAS, NOSODE, ASTONE, DANTS, DOONA, SNEAD, STEND, STOND, TEADS and 35 more. 15 of the 226 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TASED, DANS, DOSA, ODAS, TOEAS, DAN, DAS, EDS, ODA, ATS, DA, EST and 3 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of ODONATES and one more.