Unscramble PASTELS and you have 213 words, PASTELS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of PASTELS are on the page: STAPLES and TAPLESS, each 9 points. Among the shorter answers, 24 reach 8 points, PLATES, PASTEL and STAPLE among them. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of PASTELS 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.
By length, the words from PASTELS split into 3 with 7 letters, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 14 with 2.
24 of 31 6-letter words made with PASTELS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. PLATES, PASTEL and STAPLE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from PASTELS; 46 of them share the top score of 7. SALES, LEAST and STEPS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PASTELS, 41 score 6 points, the group's best. LAST, SALE and LESS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PASTELS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with PA · ending in LS · all 7-letter words
What PASTELS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PASTELS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASTELS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 213) | 181 | 213 | 173 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 32 of them: PELTAS, PLASTE, SPALTS, SPEALS, SPEATS, PELAS, PELTA, PLAST, SPALT, SPEAL, SPEAT, SPETS and 20 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: TAPLESS, SEPS, PST, ESTS, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of PASTELS and one more.