Unscramble OUTGATES and you have 208 words, OUTGATES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 8: 6 of them, OUTAGES, GETOUTS and GOETTAS included. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from OUTGATES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 20 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 40 5-letter words from OUTGATES, 19 score 6 points, the group's best. STATE, GUEST and STAGE are the ones most people know.
32 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OUTGATES tie at 5 points; none scores more. EAST, AUTO and GETS will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from OUTGATES, the top score is 4, reached by 26. OUT, USE and GET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OUTGATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OU · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GETOUTS, GOETTAS, OUTAGES and TAUTOGS (8 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
OUTGATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUTGATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 169 | 208 | 150 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: OUTGATES, GOUTTES, OUTGATE, GOATSE, GOUTTE, GUTTAS, GEATS, TATOUS, TOGES, ETATS, GAUS, GEAT and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: GETOUTS, GOETTAS, GETOUT, GOETTA, GOEST, GOTTA, TEGUS, OUTTA, TEGU, TOEAS, AGS, GOS and 7 more.
With one more tile, the letters of OUTGATES spell the words below.